13-letter words containing a, p, e, l
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- real presence — the doctrine that the substance of the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist.
- real property — an estate or property consisting of lands and of all appurtenances to lands, as buildings, crops, or mineral rights (distinguished from personal property).
- realpolitiker — someone who practises or believes in realpolitik
- reapplication — an act or the process of reapplying a substance
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- record player — phonograph.
- rectipetality — the tendency of growing in a straight line
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- regular graph — (mathematics) A graph in which all nodes have the same degree.
- 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.
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- release print — Movies. print (def 31).
- repairability — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- repeatability — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
- repeater loan — a loan lent to someone who has already borrowed
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
- representable — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- resting place — grave
- reverse plate — a plate for printing a reverse.
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- river lamprey — Lampetra fluviatilis; a jawless fish
- rolling paper — cigarette paper available in small packages to smokers for rolling their own cigarettes.
- route planner — a book of road maps
- 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
- sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
- salad spinner — a utensil used for drying washed salad or vegetables that consists of a plastic basket inside a plastic bowl. The salad is placed in the basket and the outer bowl is then spun using a device such as a gear-operated handle or pull cord, and this spinning then separates water from the salad.
- sales receipt — slip or document: proof of payment
- saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
- satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
- scallop shell — the shell of a scallop
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- seaplane base — a base for seaplanes