12-letter words containing ru
- class a drug — (in Britain) any of the most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and MDMA
- class b drug — (in Britain) any of the second most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including amphetamine
- class c drug — (in Britain) any of the least dangerous group of controlled drugs, including temazepam and cannabis
- clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- cloture rule — a rule adopted by the United States Senate in 1917 that enables the breaking of a filibuster
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- come running — hurry, rush
- congruencies — congruence.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- constructers — Plural form of constructer.
- constructing — Present participle of construct.
- construction — Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges.
- constructive — A constructive discussion, comment, or approach is useful and helpful rather than negative and unhelpful.
- constructors — Plural form of constructor.
- constructure — a construction
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cost overrun — A cost overrun is a cost that is more than the amount budgeted.
- court ruling — a decision made by a court
- creme brulee — a cream or custard dessert covered with caramelized sugar
- crepe rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of colourless or pale yellow crinkled sheets, prepared by pressing bleached coagulated latex through corrugated rollers: used for the soles of shoes and in making certain surgical and medical goods
- crucian carp — a common cyprinid, Carassius carassius, that closely resembles the wild form of goldfish, occurring in streams in most parts of Europe and northern Asia.
- crucifiction — Misspelling of crucifixion.
- crucifixions — Plural form of crucifixion.
- cruciformity — being in the shape of a cross; cross-shaped.
- cruelhearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- cruelty-free — (of a cosmetic or other product) developed without being tested on animals
- crumble away — disintegrate
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cumulocirrus — a cloud that shares charracteristics of cumulus and cirrus clouds
- curule chair — an upholstered folding seat with curved legs used by the highest civil officials of ancient Rome
- custos morum — a custodian or guardian of morals; censor.
- cycle crunch — (jargon) A situation wherein the number of people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to thrash. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to time-sharing. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term "cycle crunch" now has a faintly archaic flavour; most hackers now use workstations or personal computers as opposed to traditional time-sharing systems.
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- destructured — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disgruntling — Present participle of disgruntle.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- distrustless — without suspicion or distrust
- djebel druze — Jebel ed Druz.
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- drug-driving — driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs