13-letter words containing r, a, i, l, n
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- cranial index — the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology
- cranial nerve — any of the 12 paired nerves that have their origin in the brain and reach the periphery through natural openings in the skull
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- credentialing — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- credentialled — having credentials
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- criminalising — Present participle of criminalise.
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- criminalizing — Present participle of criminalize.
- crinicultural — of or relating to hair growth
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
- cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
- cryptanalysis — the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
- cryptanalytic — Of or pertaining to cryptanalysis or cryptanalytics.
- crystallinity — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- crystallizing — Present participle of crystallize.
- curvilinearly — In a curvilinear way.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
- cylinder seal — a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- cylindrically — In the manner of a cylinder.
- danger signal — any type of signal that indicates danger
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
- darling range — a ridge in SW Western Australia, parallel to the coast. Highest point: about 582 m (1669 ft)
- darling river — a river in SE Australia, rising in the Eastern Highlands and flowing southwest to the Murray River. Length: 2740 km (1702 miles)
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dastardliness — The state or quality of being dastardly.
- daydreamingly — While daydreaming.
- decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
- decentralized — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- decriminalize — When a criminal offence is decriminalized, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deferentially — showing deference; deferent; respectful.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deformational — of or relating to deformation
- degradational — (geology) Pertaining to or formed by degradation.