13-letter words containing u, n, r, d
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- brandy butter — butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc
- brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
- brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
- bread pudding — a rich cake made with bread soaked in milk, eggs, dried fruit and spices and baked, usually eaten cold
- brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
- brownie guide — a member of the Brownie Guides, one of the junior branches (aged 7–10 years) in The Guide Association
- bud variation — any variation in a bud due to changes in either its genetic composition or environment or both such that the resulting flower, fruit, or shoot differs from others of the same plant or species.
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- buridan's ass — an example intended to show the deficiency of reason. An ass standing equidistant from two identical heaps of oats starves to death because reason provides no grounds for choosing to eat one rather than the other
- burt standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
- cadmium green — a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.
- candlesnuffer — an implement, or person, that extinguishes candle flames
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
- centre ground — the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
- co-production — a film, play, television programme, etc, produced by two or more people or organizations
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
- coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- common ground — If two people or groups find common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.
- computer nerd — someone who is inordinately preoccupied with using computers, at the expense of ordinary social skills
- conductimetry — the science of measuring the conductivity of solutions.
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- conquistadors — Plural form of conquistador.
- cotes-du-nord — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- count rumford — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
- count towards — If something counts towards or counts toward an achievement or right, it is included as one of the things that give you the right to it.
- counter-order — an order which revokes a previous order
- counter-trend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
- counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
- counterdemand — a demand made in response to another demand
- counterfeited — Simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit.
- countermanded — Simple past tense and past participle of countermand.