13-letter words containing o, c, t, n, a, r
- retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
- retinoic acid — a vitamin A derivative, C20H28O2, used in the treatment of acne, skin wrinkles, etc.
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- revaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- rising action — a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
- road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
- roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- 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
- romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- s corporation — An S corporation is a type of corporation in which the owners are taxed for any taxable income on their individual returns.
- sacralization — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacrosanctity — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
- 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
- scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- scenarization — the process of making or creating a scenario, esp to aid distance learning education
- scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
- 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, ).
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- 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.
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- sectorization — the act or state of sectorizing
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- short account — the account of a short seller.
- significatory — serving to signify
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
- skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
- standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
- standard cost — a predetermined cost of material, labor, etc., based on specifications prepared from time-and-motion studies, accounting records, and the like.
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- state control — government ownership
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.