12-letter words containing u, n, d
- quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- queenslander — a native or inhabitant of Queensland
- quick-drying — (of paint, concrete, glue, etc) that dries quickly
- quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
- quinacridone — Any of a group of synthetic organic compounds whose molecules contain three benzene and two pyridine rings arranged alternately. They include a number of red to violet pigments.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- quindecaplet — a group of 15
- quinquenniad — a period of five years, quinquennium
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
- rally around — to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew: The general rallied his scattered army.
- reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- read up (on) — to become well informed (about) by reading
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- recrudescent — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- reinstituted — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
- revenue bond — a bond issued, as by a municipal utility, to finance a specific project, the income from which will be used for repaying the bond.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- rodent ulcer — an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.
- rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- round barrow — a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts.
- round window — a membrane-covered opening in the inner wall of the middle ear that compensates for changes in cochlear pressure.
- round-lotter — a buyer or seller of round lots.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- ruling elder — an elder in a Presbyterian church.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- run commands — (operating system) The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- running hand — script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.
- running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.