13-letter words containing r, a, i, l, m, n
- republicanism — republican government.
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- 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.
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- ribosomal rna — a type of RNA, distinguished by its length and abundance, functioning in protein synthesis as a component of ribosomes. Abbreviation: rRNA.
- roman holiday — a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
- 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
- royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
- seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- shilling mark — a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence: One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.”.
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
- single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- sulfamerazine — a sulfa drug, C11H12N4O2S, a methyl derivative of sulfadiazine that is more rapidly absorbed
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- supermilitant — highly militant
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- terminatively — in a finalizing manner
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- ultrafeminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultramilitant — extremely or excessively militant
- ultraromantic — extremely romantic
- umbrella pine — a Japanese evergreen tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, having linear leaves growing in umbrellalike whorls, cultivated as an ornamental.
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- unfamiliarity — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.