13-letter words containing n, e, o, d, a
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
- read a lesson — to censure or reprimand, esp in a long-winded manner
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- reconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
- redemonstrate — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- redesignation — an act of designating.
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- redondo beach — a city in SW California.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- retinoic acid — a vitamin A derivative, C20H28O2, used in the treatment of acne, skin wrinkles, etc.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
- 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
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- rond de jambe — a circular movement of the leg.
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- rose mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
- sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
- 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
- san ildefonso — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- 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.
- 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
- second advent — Second Coming.
- second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
- second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
- second estate — the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- second reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts services and reads from the Scriptures.
- second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- sectionalized — divided into sections
- sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.