12-letter words containing t, r, u, n, i, o
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- resolutioner — a person joining in or subscribing to a resolution.
- restauration — restoration
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- ruralization — to make rural.
- rustic joint — a joint between stones recessed from the faces between sunken drafts or bevels.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- sporting gun — a gun intended for hunting
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
- sternutation — the act of sneezing.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- storage unit — rented space to store items
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- strontium 90 — a harmful radioactive isotope of strontium, produced in certain nuclear reactions and present in their fallout.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
- superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago