13-letter words containing t, u, d
- radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- rattle around — If you say that someone rattles around in a room or other space, you mean that the space is too large for them.
- re-instructed — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- readjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
- record button — the button that you press on a device or remote control to begin recording sound, images, etc
- rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- redissolution — the act of redissolving
- reductiveness — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- return-cocked — (of a cock bead) situated at an angle or arris.
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- ritual murder — a human sacrifice made to appease a deity.
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- round kumquat — an evergreen, citrus shrub or small tree, Fortunella japonica, of Japan, having blunt, broad leaves and globe-shaped, edible fruit.
- round-tripper — a home run.
- roundtripping — a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
- rumbledethump — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- run batted in — a runner advanced to home for a score by a particular player at bat, as when he or she gets a hit or a walk with the bases loaded: a category important in individual offensive statistics. Abbreviation: R.B.I.
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- ruptured duck — the symbol of an eagle with wings spread appearing in the honorable discharge emblem of the U.S. armed forces.
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- saint-gaudens — Augustus, 1848–1907, U.S. sculptor, born in Ireland.
- sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
- santos-dumont — Alberto [ahl-ber-too] /ɑlˈbɛr tʊ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1932, Brazilian aeronaut in France: designer and builder of dirigibles and airships.
- 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).
- sawdust trail — the road to conversion or rehabilitation, as for a sinner or criminal.
- scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- seductiveness — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- 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-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
- self-judgment — the act or fact of judging oneself.
- semiautomated — partially automated.
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.