12-letter words containing t, r, u, e, o
- reset button — control that restores a default setting
- resoluteness — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- resolutioner — a person joining in or subscribing to a resolution.
- restauration — restoration
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
- reticulocyte — a very young red blood cell, sampled as a measure of red blood cell formation; reticulated erythrocyte.
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- rodent ulcer — an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.
- rogue trader — A rogue trader is an employee of a financial institution who carries out business without the knowledge or approval of his or her bosses.
- rooter skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- round-lotter — a buyer or seller of round lots.
- route survey — a survey for determining the route, grades, etc., of a railroad, highway, or power line.
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- rubber boots — wellingtons: footwear worn in rain
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- run to earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- rust-colored — of the color rust.
- rusty memory — (storage, humour) Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- scare quotes — quotation marks placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it should not be taken literally or automatically accepted as true
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- self-torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
- semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
- semivitreous — partially vitreous.
- send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
- separate out — filter, sift
- seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- silver trout — a variety of cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki henshawi, having silvery coloration, inhabiting Lake Tahoe.
- ski trousers — warm padded trousers used for skiing