11-letter words containing u, d, o
- purse-proud — proud of one's wealth, especially in an arrogant or showy manner.
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
- put down to — ascribe to
- put forward — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put on hold — suspend
- put paid to — to end or destroy
- puy de dôme — a mountain in central France. 4805 feet (1465 meters).
- puy-de-dome — a mountain in central France. 4805 feet (1465 meters).
- qinhuangdao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- quadraphony — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quadrillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
- quantum dot — (physics) (Or "single-electron transistor") A location capable of containing a single electrical charge; i.e., a single electron of Coulomb charge. Physically, quantum dots are nanometer-size semiconductor structures in which the presence or absence of a quantum electron can be used to store information. See also: quantum cell, quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- quinagolide — A dopamine agonist used to treat elevated levels of prolactin.
- quindecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- quinhydrone — a dark green, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 1 2 H 1 0 O 4 , used in solution, together with a platinum wire, as an electrode (quinhy·drone elec·trode)
- quotidianly — daily: a quotidian report.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radiosodium — the radioactive isotope of sodium having an atomic mass of 24 and a half-life of 14.9 hours: used as a tracer in biochemistry.
- rally round — show solidarity
- read out of — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
- readjourned — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- readthrough — reading (def 1).
- reannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- reconducted — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- rediffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
- road-runner — either of two large terrestrial cuckoos of the genus Geococcyx of arid regions of the western U.S., Mexico, and Central America, especially G. californianus (greater roadrunner)
- roll around — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- roll-around — equipped with wheels or casters so as to be easily movable from one location to another: a roll-around kitchen counter.
- root around — rummage
- root nodule — a swelling on the root of a leguminous plant, such as the pea or clover, that contains bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, capable of nitrogen fixation
- rotor cloud — a cloud within and around which the air is rotating about a horizontal axis, occurring in the lee of a large mountain barrier.
- rough draft — writing: unfinished version
- rough edges — lack of refinement
- rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
- round about — In spoken English, round about means approximately.