13-letter words containing a, c, u, t, e, l
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- particularize — to make particular.
- picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pre-calculate — to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light.
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
- pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
- quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
- quantivalence — quantitative equivalence
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- quintuplicate — a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- recalculation — recount, act of computing again
- recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- reinoculation — a further inoculation of the same organism as the first inoculation
- relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- rematriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- republication — publication anew.
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
- sesquiplicate — relating to or involving the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of given terms; i.e. the sesquiplicate ratio of given terms is the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of those terms
- space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
- subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- substanceless — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- sunset clause — time limit written into a law