13-letter words containing u, s, r, d
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
- pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadrifarious — having four parts
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- quasi-retired — withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession: a retired banker.
- queen's award — either of two awards instituted by royal warrant (1976) for a sustained increase in export earnings by a British firm (Queen's Award for Export Achievement) or for an advance in technology (Queen's Award for Technological Achievement)
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- re-instructed — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
- recrudescence — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
- rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- red delicious — a deep-red type of Delicious apple.
- redissolution — the act of redissolving
- reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
- reducibleness — the extent, state or quality of being reducible
- reductiveness — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
- rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- rose-coloured — of the colour rose; rosy
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- ruffed grouse — a North American grouse, Bonasa umbellus, having a tuft of black feathers on each side of the neck.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- run sb ragged — If someone runs you ragged, they make you do so much that you become exhausted.
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
- russian salad — a salad of cold diced cooked vegetables mixed with Russian dressing
- saturated fat — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
- sawdust trail — the road to conversion or rehabilitation, as for a sinner or criminal.
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- second-source — of or pertaining to a cooperative arrangement whereby the products, as electronic parts, of one company are also manufactured by another company
- self-coloured — of one color.
- self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
- self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
- self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.