13-letter words containing l, o, i, n, c, t
- radiolocation — the method or process of determining the position and velocity of an object by radar.
- rationalistic — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- retroflection — a bending backward.
- role conflict — emotional conflict arising when competing demands are made on an individual in the fulfillment of his or her multiple social roles.
- rolling hitch — a hitch on a spar or the like, composed of two round turns and a half hitch so disposed as to jam when a stress is applied parallel to the object on which the hitch is made.
- rolling stock — the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars.
- 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
- romanticality — the state or quality of being romantic
- sacralization — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
- scintillation — the act of scintillating; sparkling.
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
- sectionalized — divided into sections
- selenocentric — having the moon as its center.
- self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- sex selection — the practice of attempting to control the sex of a baby in order to achieve a desired sex, through various scientific methods
- silk stocking — a lady's stocking made from a very fine material such as silk or nylon
- silk-stocking — rich or luxurious in dress.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- social action — individual or group behavior that involves interaction with other individuals or groups, especially organized action toward social reform.