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13-letter words containing a, b, i, l, r

  • resectability — the state of being resectable
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • retainability — to keep possession of.
  • retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • ribosomal rna — a type of RNA, distinguished by its length and abundance, functioning in protein synthesis as a component of ribosomes. Abbreviation: rRNA.
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
  • rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
  • rub' al khali — a desert in S Arabia, mainly in Saudi Arabia, extending southeast from Nejd to Hadramaut and northeast from Yemen to the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
  • rub` al khali — a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. About 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).
  • running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
  • san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
  • sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
  • semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
  • serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
  • shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
  • silent barter — dumb barter.
  • simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
  • single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
  • sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
  • sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
  • skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-librarian — an assistant or junior librarian
  • subclavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • survivability — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • tailorability — capable of being made into clothing: tailorable fabrics.
  • terbium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the cerium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
  • thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
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