13-letter words containing d, e, a, c
- remand centre — correctional facility
- 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
- retinoic acid — a vitamin A derivative, C20H28O2, used in the treatment of acne, skin wrinkles, etc.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
- road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- 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.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- 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.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
- sacred bamboo — nandina.
- sacred scarab — a beetle, Scarabaeus sacer, regarded by the ancient Egyptians as divine
- sacred thread — a cord worn by Hindus of the three upper castes as a sign of being twice-born or initiated into the Vedas.
- saddle-backed — having the back or upper surface curved like a saddle.
- saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- 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
- 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.
- scandal sheet — a newspaper or magazine that emphasizes scandal or gossip.
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- 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
- scatteredness — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- scrambled egg — eggs stirred while cooking
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- screen reader — (application) A text-to-speech system, intended for use by blind or low-vision users, that speaks the text content of a computer display.
- script reader — playreader.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- second advent — Second Coming.
- second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
- second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
- second estate — the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- second reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts services and reads from the Scriptures.
- second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- sectionalized — divided into sections