13-letter words containing ru
- running light — any of various lights required to be displayed by a vessel or aircraft operating between sunset and sunrise.
- running order — The running order of the items in a broadcast, concert, or show is the order in which the items will come.
- running start — Sports. a start, as in the hop, step, and jump or the running broad jump, in which a contestant begins moving before reaching the starting or take-off point.
- running story — a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
- running title — Printing. running head.
- running total — a running total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses
- running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
- 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
- ruptured duck — the symbol of an eagle with wings spread appearing in the honorable discharge emblem of the U.S. armed forces.
- rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
- 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
- rusine antler — an antler resembling that of the sambar.
- russel crouse — Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- russian olive — oleaster.
- russian salad — a salad of cold diced cooked vegetables mixed with Russian dressing
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- scouring rush — any of certain horsetails, especially Equisetum hyemale, used for scouring and polishing.
- 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.
- semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- serum disease — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- shulhan arukh — an authoritative code of Jewish law and custom compiled by the Talmudic scholar Joseph Caro (1488–1575), the original edition published in Vienna in 1565 emphasizing the practices of Sephardic Jews.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- smoked rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires. It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
- soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
- sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
- spruce beetle — a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.
- spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
- steamer trunk — a rectangular traveling trunk low enough to slide under a bunk on a ship.
- stirrup pants — close-fitting pants with a stirruplike strap, at the end of each leg, to be positioned under the arch of the foot
- structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralist — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- structuration — the act of giving structure to something
- structureless — without structure, organization, or arrangement; formless.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- suffrutescent — partially or slightly woody; subshrubby.
- supervirulent — extremely virulent
- ten-yard rule — the rule allowing a referee, when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick, to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
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- thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
- to bear fruit — If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.