13-letter words containing d, e, c, a, l, o
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- 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.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- 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.
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- 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
- sectionalized — divided into sections
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
- social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
- special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
- tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
- three old cat — three-a-cat.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- uncamouflaged — the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc.: Was camouflage used extensively on fighter aircraft during World War I?
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- uncommendable — not able to be commended; unworthy of commendation; reprehensible
- uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
- uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- under a cloud — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- unideological — not having, belonging to, or relating to any particular ideology or belief system
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- valued policy — a policy in which the company and the policyholder agree to the amount to be paid in the event of total loss of property, regardless of the value of the property.
- velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
- victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
- votive candle — religion: candle lit in prayer
- well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.