13-letter words containing e, n, r, o, l, s
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- print spooler — a program that sequences printing jobs by temporarily storing data in a buffer and processing the jobs sequentially.
- progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- promised land — Heaven.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- querulousness — The quality of being querulous.
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
- radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
- read a lesson — to censure or reprimand, esp in a long-winded manner
- real soon now — (jargon, humour) (RSN) A phrase used ironically when you believe an event will take a long or unknown time to occur. The term originated in SF's fanzine community, popularised by Jerry Pournelle's column in BYTE. The phrase can be used, for example, when a manager asks how long it will take you to debug some software and you have no idea. "I'll have it working Real Soon Now."
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- redissolution — the act of redissolving
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
- religiousness — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- retranslation — the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- roanoke bells — a wild plant, Mertensia virginica, of the borage family, native to the eastern U.S., grown as a garden plant for its handsome, nodding clusters of blue flowers.
- 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
- rolling stone — person: nomadic
- roman letters — a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- rouse oneself — to become active or energetic
- royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
- russian olive — oleaster.
- saint leonard — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- salmon ladder — a series of steps in a river designed to enable salmon to bypass a dam and move upstream to their breeding grounds
- saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
- 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.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- school dinner — meal served at educational institution
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.