13-letter words containing c, u, r, e, a
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
- quincentenary — a 500th anniversary or its celebration.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
- re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- readjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
- recalculation — recount, act of computing again
- recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
- reinoculation — a further inoculation of the same organism as the first inoculation
- relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- remanufacture — to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
- rematriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
- resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- return crease — one of two lines marked at right-angles to each bowling crease, from inside which a bowler must deliver the ball
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
- rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- sauce supreme — suprême (def 1).
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- sclerocaulous — having a hard, dry stem
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae