13-letter words containing r, e, c, a, l
- direct-mailer — a person or firm engaged in direct-mail advertising.
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorially — In terms of film direction.
- disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- distress call — a prearranged communication code sign indicating that the sender is in a situation of peril, distress, or the like, as SOS, Mayday, etc. Compare distress signal (def 1).
- diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
- dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
- eccentrically — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- eleanor cross — any of the crosses erected at each place where the body of Eleanor of Castile (1246–90, Edward I's Spanish wife) rested between Nottingham (where she died) and London (where she is buried)
- electric hare — (in greyhound racing) a model of a hare, mounted on an electrified rail, which the dogs chase
- electrization — the action of electrifying
- electroactive — (of living tissue) exhibiting electrical activity or responsive to electrical stimuli
- electrodermal — Of or relating to measurement of the electrical conductivity of the skin, especially as an indicator of someone’s emotional responses.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electromagnet — A soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it.
- electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed
- electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
- electroplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroplate.
- electrostatic — Of or relating to stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
- electrovalent — (of bonding) resulting from electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions; ionic.
- embryological — Of or pertaining to embryology.
- embryonically — In an embryonic way.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- energetically — In an energetic manner.
- entrance hall — large lobby, foyer
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- equimolecular — (chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds).