13-letter words containing o, r, i, b, a, t
- promotability — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- rabbit's foot — the foot of a rabbit, especially the left hind foot carried as a good-luck charm.
- rainbow trout — a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
- recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- 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.
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
- reverberation — a reechoed sound.
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- sorbitization — the act of sorbitizing
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subsaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- tailorability — capable of being made into clothing: tailorable fabrics.
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
- tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
- to bear fruit — If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- trial balloon — a statement, program, or the like issued publicly as a means of determining reactions in advance: The speech was a trial balloon for a new law.
- tricarboxylic — pertaining to a molecule that contains three carboxyl groups.
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- tromba marina — trumpet marine.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.