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13-letter words containing l, a, y, o, r

  • rotary tiller — rototiller.
  • 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.
  • royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
  • royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
  • 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.
  • royal warrant — an authorization to a tradesman to supply goods to a royal household
  • saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
  • scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • scotland yard — a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard, ).
  • see you later — an expression of farewell
  • serologically — as pertains to or with respect to serology; in a serological manner
  • soccer player — A soccer player is a person who plays soccer, especially as a profession.
  • solar battery — an array of solar cells, used as a source of electrical power.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
  • solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • southeasterly — coming from the south east
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
  • statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
  • stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
  • storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
  • storm trysail — a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
  • symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • tailorability — capable of being made into clothing: tailorable fabrics.
  • taylor series — an approximation of a given function f at a particular point x, in terms of values of the function and its derivatives at a neighboring point x 0 , by a power series in which the terms are given by f (n) (x 0) (x−x 0) n/n !, where f (n) (x 0) is the derivative of order n evaluated at point x 0 .
  • taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • territorially — of or relating to territory or land.
  • thalassocracy — dominion over the seas, as in exploration, trade, or colonization.
  • thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
  • thaumatolatry — the worship of or excessive admiration for marvels and miracles
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • theoretically — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
  • thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • torrentiality — the quality or state of being torrential
  • touristically — in a touristic or touristy manner
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