13-letter words containing r, e, d, l, a
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- pressed glass — molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.
- promised land — Heaven.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadrennially — Every four years.
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
- quadrilateral — having four sides.
- quadriliteral — using or consisting of four letters.
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- quadrupedally — In the manner of an animal that walks on four feet or four legs.
- quadruple run — a set of five cards consisting of a three-card run plus two other cards that duplicate different denominations in the run, as 5,5,6,6,7, worth 16 points.
- quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- radial engine — an internal-combustion engine having the cylinders arranged in radial opposition, found mainly on older aircraft.
- radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
- radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
- radiochemical — pertaining to or involving radiochemistry.
- radiotelegram — a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy.
- radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
- ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
- railroad line — railway route
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- rattle around — If you say that someone rattles around in a room or other space, you mean that the space is too large for them.
- rattlebrained — foolish; flighty; scatterbrained.
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- razzle-dazzle — showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect, often without concomitant substance or worth; flashy theatricality: The razzle-dazzle of the essay's metaphors cannot disguise its shallowness of thought.
- reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- read a lesson — to censure or reprimand, esp in a long-winded manner
- reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read