13-letter words containing a, l, t, e, r, i
- rail-splitter — a person or thing that splits logs into rails, especially for fences.
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- rat-tail file — a long, narrow file having a circular cross section.
- rattlebrained — foolish; flighty; scatterbrained.
- raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
- re-alienation — the act of alienating, or of causing someone to become indifferent or hostile: The advocacy group fights against prejudice and social alienation of immigrants.
- re-allocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
- re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- re-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- re-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- reacclimatize — to acclimatize or become acclimatized again
- reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
- realistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- realizability — the ability of something to be realized
- realpolitiker — someone who practises or believes in realpolitik
- reapplication — an act or the process of reapplying a substance
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- rebarbatively — in a rebarbative manner
- recalcitrance — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- recalcitrants — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- recalculation — recount, act of computing again
- recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
- recallability — the quality of being recallable
- receivability — the fact or condition of being receivable
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- recognitional — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- recrystallize — to become crystallized again.
- rectipetality — the tendency of growing in a straight line
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- recyclability — to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees.
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- referentially — having reference: referential to something.
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
- rehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.