13-letter words containing t, r, u, f
- robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- root of unity — a complex number that when raised to some positive integral power results in 1.
- rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- saturated fat — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
- scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
- self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
- self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
- self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
- stick out for — If you stick out for something, you keep demanding it and do not accept anything different or less.
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- stuffed derma — kishke.
- stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
- subprefecture — the office or position of subprefect
- suffrutescent — partially or slightly woody; subshrubby.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sulfur-bottom — blue whale.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- superfortress — a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.
- superterrific — more than terrific
- surf 'n' turf — surf and turf.
- surf and turf — surf and turf.
- surf-'n'-turf — surf and turf.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- surface water — water found on the surface of the earth (not underground or in the atmosphere), for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc
- surface yeast — yeast that rises to the surface as froth during fermentation.
- surfer's knot — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
- swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- thirty-fourth — next after the thirty-third; being the ordinal number for 34.
- three-fourths — In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters.
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- to bear fruit — If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
- tour de force — an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else; stroke of genius: Herman Melville's Moby Dick was a tour de force.