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13-letter words containing t, u, r, i, c

  • russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
  • scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
  • scripturalist — a literalist or translator obedient to the Scriptures
  • security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • security risk — a person considered by authorities as likely to commit acts that might threaten the security of a country.
  • security zone — an area controlled by security forces
  • self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
  • 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.
  • service court — the part of the court into which a player must serve in various games, as tennis, badminton, handball, or squash.
  • shark biscuit — a bodyboard
  • 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
  • short-circuit — Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
  • sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
  • sociocultural — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.
  • south african — of southern Africa.
  • south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • stercorarious — stercoraceous
  • sterculia gum — karaya gum.
  • stick out for — If you stick out for something, you keep demanding it and do not accept anything different or less.
  • stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
  • street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
  • string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
  • structuralist — any theory that embodies structural principles.
  • structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
  • structuration — the act of giving structure to something
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
  • subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • succinctorium — subcinctorium.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
  • supercautious — very or extremely cautious
  • supercritical — extremely critical.
  • supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
  • superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
  • superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • superterrific — more than terrific
  • support price — the price at which the government will purchase commodities, especially farm produce, in order to maintain a certain price level.
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