12-letter words containing run
- averruncator — a long pair of shears used for pruning the higher branches of trees
- birket karun — a lake in N Egypt. 25 miles (40 km) long; about 5 miles (8 km) wide; 90 sq. mi. (233 sq. km).
- brunelleschi — Filippo (fiˈlippo). 1377–1446, Italian architect, whose works in Florence include the dome of the cathedral, the Pazzi chapel of Santa Croce, and the church of San Lorenzo
- cap'n crunch — Captain Crunch
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- come running — hurry, rush
- cost overrun — A cost overrun is a cost that is more than the amount budgeted.
- 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.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disgruntling — Present participle of disgruntle.
- drug-running — the activity of illegally taking recreational drugs into a country
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- free running — Free running is the activity of running through areas in a town, using skilful movements to jump over walls and other objects.
- front runner — a person who leads in any competition.
- front-runner — In a competition or contest, the front-runner is the person who seems most likely to win it.
- frontrunners — Plural form of frontrunner.
- frontrunning — the practice by market makers of using advance information provided by their own investment analysts before it has been given to clients
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- hand-running — in unbroken succession; consecutively.
- joint runner — (in plumbing) incombustible materials for packing a joint to be caulked with lead.
- long-running — Something that is long-running has been in existence, or has been performed, for a long time.
- over-running — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
- port running — an evasive action at a port of entry in which a person drives through a vehicle-stopping point.
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- relay runner — person who takes turn in a relay race
- run afoul of — fall foul / afoul of, to collide with, as ships. to come into conflict with; quarrel. to make an attack; assault.
- run commands — (operating system) The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- run to earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- run-of-paper — R.O.P.
- runaway star — a star with an unusually high proper motion, believed to result from its ejection from a nearby binary system when its companion star underwent a supernova explosion.
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- running fire — a rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of soldiers
- running gaff — the hoisting gaff.
- running gear — the working components of a motor-driven or steam-driven vehicle other than those used to develop or transmit power, as wheels, axles or springs, as distinguished from the body.
- running hand — script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.
- running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
- running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- running jump — a jump made after running a short distance
- running kick — a kick made (to something or somebody) after running a short distance
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- running pine — a ground pine, Lycopodium clavatum.
- running room — the space between a racer and the nearby competitors in a running race, especially enough to run and maneuver as desired.
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