12-letter words containing ru
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- noncongruent — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- oamaru stone — a kind of limestone, of building quality, found at Oamaru on South Island, New Zealand
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- over-running — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- pallet truck — a powered truck with a mast, sometimes telescopic, on which slides a carriage which can be raised and lowered hydraulically. The carriage has extended forks which can be passed under a palletized load for stacking or moving to a new position
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
- peru current — Humboldt current
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- phosphoruses — Phosphor.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
- pipe rupture — A pipe rupture is a break in a pipeline.
- pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- port running — an evasive action at a port of entry in which a person drives through a vehicle-stopping point.
- posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
- preconstruct — to construct beforehand
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- prestructure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- prussic acid — weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
- pyjama rugby — an uncomplimentary term for the Super 12 Rugby Union competition that involves teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, and which is noted for its free-flowing nature and lack of attritional play between the forwards
- pyruvic acid — a water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 4 O 3 , important in many metabolic and fermentative processes, having an odor resembling that of acetic acid, prepared by the dehydration of tartaric acid: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- quadrumanous — four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.
- quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
- recrudescent — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
- relay runner — person who takes turn in a relay race
- rubber boots — wellingtons: footwear worn in rain
- rubber check — a check drawn on an account lacking the funds to pay it; a check that bounces.
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- rubber latex — the milky sap of any of several trees of the genus Hevea, especially H. brasiliensis, from which natural rubber is derived.
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rubber-tyred — having a tyre or tyres made of rubber