13-letter words containing d, a, l, r
- read a lesson — to censure or reprimand, esp in a long-winded manner
- reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
- reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- record dealer — a person who buys and sells vinyl records
- record player — phonograph.
- red deer lake — a lake in Manitoba, Canada
- redbelly dace — any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace)
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- regardless of — in spite of
- rehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- reindeer lake — a lake in central Canada, in NE Saskatchewan and NW Manitoba. 2444 sq. mi. (6330 sq. km).
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
- remediability — the state of being able to be remedied
- reminder call — an automated service which you can set up in advance to make a telephone call to you at a fixed time for the purpose of reminding you of something important
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- retail dealer — seller
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
- ritual murder — a human sacrifice made to appease a deity.
- 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.
- robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
- rock and roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- rock-and-roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
- rogue dialler — a dial-up connection placed on a computer without the user's knowledge which, when the user tries to connect to the internet, automatically connects to a premium-rate phone number
- 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.
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- roman holiday — a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- 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.
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- russian salad — a salad of cold diced cooked vegetables mixed with Russian dressing
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- saddle oxford — saddle shoe.