13-letter words containing c, r, a, l
- irrecoverable — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irrecoverably — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irrelevancies — irrelevance.
- irreplaceable — incapable of being replaced; unique: an irreplaceable vase.
- irreplaceably — In an irreplaceable manner; (frequently) uniquely, singularly.
- irretraceable — unable to be retraced.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isostructural — (of two substances) having the same crystal structure but not necessarily a similar chemical composition.
- jack crevalle — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jack mackerel — a mackerellike food fish, Trachurus symmetricus, of Pacific coastal waters of the U.S.
- jacquard loom — a loom for producing elaborate designs in an intricate weave (Jacquard weave) constructed from a variety of basic weaves.
- johnny collar — a small, pointed collar on a shirt, dress bodice, or the like, with close-fitting neckline.
- juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- julius caesar — Gaius Julius Caesar.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- killiecrankie — a mountain pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- knuckleballer — a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckle balls.
- kristallnacht — a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.
- labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
- labyrinthical — Labyrinthine; like or relating to a labyrinth.
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lacrimal duct — either of two small ducts extending from the inner corner of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- lake victoria — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- land contract — a contract for the purchase and sale of land.
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- lantern clock — an English bracket clock of the late 16th and 17th centuries, having a brass case with corner columns supporting pierced crestings on the sides and front.
- laparoscopies — Plural form of laparoscopy.
- laparoscopist — One who carries out laparoscopy.
- large calorie — kilocalorie.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- lateral canal — a canal running parallel to a stream that is inconvenient or impossible to navigate.
- lateral chain — an open chain of atoms attached to an atom of a larger chain, or to a ring.
- latin america — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- laurel cherry — a tree, Prunus caroliniana, of the rose family, of the southeastern U.S., having small, milky-white flowers and black, shiny fruit.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- leatherjacket — Also called leather jack. any of several carangid fishes having narrow, linear scales embedded in the skin at various angles, especially Oligoplites saurus, found in tropical American waters.