13-letter words containing d, e, n, a, t
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
- quarter round — a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.
- quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- 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
- radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
- raison d'etat — a purely political reason for governmental action, based on the national interest and often violating principles of justice.
- raison d'etre — reason or justification for being or existence: Art is the artist's raison d'être.
- rattle around — If you say that someone rattles around in a room or other space, you mean that the space is too large for them.
- rattlebrained — foolish; flighty; scatterbrained.
- re-admittance — permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.
- 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.
- reconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- redemonstrate — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- redesignation — an act of designating.
- 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.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- remand centre — correctional facility
- repristinated — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
- resident head — someone who is charge of running and supervising a student residence
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- restandardize — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- retinoic acid — a vitamin A derivative, C20H28O2, used in the treatment of acne, skin wrinkles, etc.
- retransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- rhadamanthine — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
- riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
- ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
- road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
- run batted in — a runner advanced to home for a score by a particular player at bat, as when he or she gets a hit or a walk with the bases loaded: a category important in individual offensive statistics. Abbreviation: R.B.I.
- 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
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- saint bernard — Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
- saint leonard — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- saint-gaudens — Augustus, 1848–1907, U.S. sculptor, born in Ireland.
- sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
- 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