13-letter words containing c, a, l, e, r
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- resting place — grave
- restless cavy — a wild guinea pig.
- retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rheologically — in a rheological manner
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
- rochelle salt — a white crystalline double salt, sodium potassium tartrate, used in Seidlitz powder. Formula: KNaC4H4O6.4H2O
- rock barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- rolled collar — a collar that stands up slightly from the point of attachment to the neckline of a garment before folding over to lie flat.
- rollercoaster — a small gravity railroad, especially in an amusement park, having a train with open cars that moves along a high, sharply winding trestle built with steep inclines that produce sudden, speedy plunges for thrill-seeking passengers.
- 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
- royal academy — a society founded in 1768 by George III of England for the establishment of a school of design and the holding of an annual exhibition of the works of living artists.
- royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
- 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.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- 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.
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- sales receipt — slip or document: proof of payment
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- scalenohedral — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scalenohedron — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scarcely ever — almost never, seldom
- scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
- scarlet gilia — skyrocket.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- scene-stealer — a performer in a play, motion picture, etc., who by charm, talent, or artifice, draws most of the audience's attention, often away from the leading performers.
- schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
- scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- school leaver — School leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have completed their time there.
- schoolteacher — a teacher in a school, especially in one below the college level.
- sclerocaulous — having a hard, dry stem
- scleromalacia — a thinning of the sclera (the eyeball's outer covering) which can occur as a result of rheumatoid arthritis
- 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.
- scrambled egg — eggs stirred while cooking