13-letter words containing i, c, e, l, o
- quindecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 48 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 90 zeros.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- racial memory — feelings, patterns of thought, and fragments of experience that have been transmitted from generation to generation in all humans and have deeply influenced the mind and behavior.
- radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
- radiochemical — pertaining to or involving radiochemistry.
- re-allocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- re-collection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
- re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
- reapplication — an act or the process of reapplying a substance
- recalculation — recount, act of computing again
- recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- recognitional — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- reconcilement — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- red delicious — a deep-red type of Delicious apple.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
- reinoculation — a further inoculation of the same organism as the first inoculation
- relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- republication — publication anew.
- retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- retroflection — a bending backward.
- rheologically — in a rheological manner
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- role conflict — emotional conflict arising when competing demands are made on an individual in the fulfillment of his or her multiple social roles.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- scholasticate — a course of study for seminarians, taken prior to their theological studies.
- school choice — an educational policy based on vouchers or scholarships, allowing students their choice of private or public school.
- school dinner — meal served at educational institution
- school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
- 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.