11-letter words containing ru
- polonnaruwa — a town in E central Sri Lanka: Buddhist ruins.
- premier cru — See under cru.
- pro-oestrus — proestrus.
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- pruriginous — of, relating to, or causing prurigo.
- prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- pulverulent — consisting of dust or fine powder.
- punch-drunk — (especially of a boxer) having cerebral concussion caused by repeated blows to the head and consequently exhibiting unsteadiness of gait, hand tremors, slow muscular movement, hesitant speech, and dulled mentality.
- quadrupedal — four-footed.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- quadrupling — Present participle of quadruple.
- quail-brush — a salt-tolerant, silvery gray shrub, Atriplex lentiformis breweri, of the amaranth family, native to southern California.
- queen truss — a truss having queen posts with no king post.
- querulously — full of complaints; complaining.
- rabbitbrush — any of several composite shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having whitish, hairy branches and yellow flowers.
- rat-running — the practice of driving through residential side streets to avoid congested main roads
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- recruitment — the act or process of recruiting.
- restructure — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- 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)
- rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
- rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
- rubber band — a narrow, circular or oblong band of rubber, used for holding things together, as papers or a box and its lid.
- rubber boot — Rubber boots are long boots made of rubber that you wear to keep your feet dry.
- rubber duck — duck-shaped bath toy
- rubber game — any game played to break a tie resulting when each side has won the same number of games
- rubber ring — an air-filled ring made of rubber, used as a swimming aid
- rubber room — Informal. a room padded with foam rubber for the confinement of a violent mentally ill person.
- rubber tree — any tree that yields latex from which rubber is produced, especially Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, native to South America, the chief commercial source of rubber.
- rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
- rubbish bin — trash can
- rubbish tip — dump for refuse
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- rubrum lily — either of two cultivated lilies, Lilium auratum rubrum or L. speciosum rubrum, having showy red flowers.
- ruby silver — proustite.
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- ruda slaska — a city in S Poland, NW of Katowice.
- rudderstock — the vertical member at the forward edge of a rudder, hinged at the sternpost and attached to the helm or steering gear.
- rude health — If someone is in rude health, they are strong and healthy.
- rudesheimer — any of the Rheingau wines from the vineyards near Rüdesheim, a town on the Rhine River in W Germany.
- rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rue anemone — a small, North American plant, Anemonella thalictroides, of the buttercup family, having white or pinkish flowers.