12-letter words containing ru
- rusty memory — (storage, humour) Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
- scrub typhus — an acute febrile disease characterized by severe headache, skin rash, chills, and swelling of the lymph nodes, caused by the bite of mites infected with the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi: occurs mainly in Asia, Australia, and the islands of the western Pacific
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrupulously — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- scrutinizing — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- 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.
- seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
- setting rule — a metal strip used in the hand-setting of type in a composing stick to separate the line being set from the previous one
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- 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.
- sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
- sorbo rubber — spongy form of rubber
- special rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- squat thrust — an exercise in which the hands are kept on the floor with the arms held straight while the legs are straightened out behind and quickly drawn in towards the body again
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- starch syrup — glucose (def 2).
- starch-syrup — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stirrup pump — a small hand pump held steady by a stirruplike foot bracket, often used in firefighting.
- stirrup-vase — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- street virus — a virus, as rabies, obtained from a naturally infected animal and usually virulent, as opposed to a laboratory-attenuated strain.
- striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
- structurally — of or relating to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure.
- struggle bus — a situation, task, etc., that seems difficult or frustrating: With no sleep last night, I’ll be on the struggle bus today.
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- substructure — a structure forming the foundation of a building or other construction.
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- supracrustal — relating to rocks that overlie the basement rock of the crust
- table runner — fabric strip used to decorate a table
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
- the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
- thrust fault — a low-angle reverse fault produced in rocks subjected to thrust.
- thrust stage — a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- tip-up truck — a truck or lorry the rear platform of which can be raised at the front end to enable the load to be discharged by gravity
- tipper truck — a truck or lorry the rear platform of which can be raised at the front end to enable the load to be discharged by gravity
- to ring true — If a statement rings true, it seems to be true or genuine. If it rings hollow, it does not seem to be true or genuine.
- toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
- totten trust — a trust created by opening a savings account in which the depositor is trustee for another, such trust being revocable at any time during the depositor's lifetime.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.