13-letter words containing c, r, i, n, a
- retinoic acid — a vitamin A derivative, C20H28O2, used in the treatment of acne, skin wrinkles, etc.
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- revaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- 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.
- riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
- rising action — a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
- road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- rocking chair — a chair mounted on rockers or springs so as to permit a person to rock back and forth while sitting.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- 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
- romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
- rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- s corporation — An S corporation is a type of corporation in which the owners are taxed for any taxable income on their individual returns.
- sacralization — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacrosanctity — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
- saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- san francisco — a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay: earthquake and fire 1906; United Nations Conference 1945.
- sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- santa clarita — city in SW Calif., near Los Angeles: pop. 151,000
- sao francisco — a river flowing NE and E through E Brazil into the Atlantic. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
- sarcasticness — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- sarcodinians' — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- scan register — (electronics, testing) A digital logic circuit which can act either as a flip-flop or as a serial shift register and which is used to form a scan path for testing. The most common design is a multiplexed flip-flop: The other common design is level-sensitive scan design (LSSD).
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
- scenarization — the process of making or creating a scenario, esp to aid distance learning education
- scene painter — a person who paints scenery in a theatre
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
- scintigraphic — of or relating to scintigraphy
- scintiscanner — a device that records the distribution and intensity of an internally administered radiopharmaceutical, producing a scintigram.