12-letter words containing u, r, e, d, i
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- 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.
- running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
- series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
- serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
- side circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- skutterudite — a mineral, chiefly cobalt and nickel arsenide, (Co,Ni)As 3 , with some iron, occurring in the form of gray cubic crystals, usually in masses: a source of cobalt and nickel.
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- spirit guide — type of mystical guardian
- squared ring — boxing ring.
- striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
- studded tire — a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- subdelirious — having the symptoms of subdelirium; suffering from subdelirium
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- sudoriferous — bearing or secreting sweat.
- sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- supply-sider — a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.
- surrejoinder — a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder.
- tertium quid — something related in some way to two things, but distinct from both; something intermediate between two things.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- truck driver — sb employed to drive a lorry
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbidimeter — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
- turbidimetry — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.