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13-letter words containing d, i, s, t, e

  • radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • 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.
  • re-instructed — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
  • reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
  • reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
  • rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
  • redescription — the act of redescribing
  • redesignation — an act of designating.
  • redisposition — the withdrawal and redistribution of armed forces with the aim of more effective use
  • redissolution — the act of redissolving
  • redistricting — to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes.
  • reductiveness — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
  • reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
  • repristinated — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
  • reserved list — a list of retired naval, army, or air-force officers available for recall to active service in an emergency
  • 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.
  • residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
  • restandardize — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
  • retransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • rhodochrosite — a mineral, manganese carbonate, MnCO 3 , commonly containing some iron and calcium, and usually rose-red in color: a minor ore of manganese; manganese spar.
  • ride the rods — to steal a ride on a freight train
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
  • sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
  • sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
  • scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
  • script kiddie — a child or teenager who gains illegal access to computer systems, often by using hacking programs downloaded from the internet
  • script reader — playreader.
  • second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
  • second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
  • sectionalized — divided into sections
  • sedentariness — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
  • sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
  • sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
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