13-letter words containing a, r, t, i, c, l
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- romanticality — the state or quality of being romantic
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- sacralization — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sales receipt — slip or document: proof of payment
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- santa clarita — city in SW Calif., near Los Angeles: pop. 151,000
- sarcastically — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- scarlet gilia — skyrocket.
- scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
- scripturalist — a literalist or translator obedient to the Scriptures
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
- social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
- sociocultural — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.
- solar chariot — (in ancient Egypt) a chariot placed in the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralist — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- sylvicultural — relating to sylviculture
- symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- tactical wire — wire entanglements used to break up attacking enemy formations or to keep them within the field of defensive fire.