13-letter words containing r, e, l, n, t
- self-starting — starter (def 3).
- self-steering — maintaining a course without constant human action
- self-strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
- self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- serialization — to publish in serial form.
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- silent barter — dumb barter.
- silent butler — a small receptacle having a handle and a hinged lid, used for collecting the contents of ashtrays, crumbs from a dinner table, etc., for disposal.
- silent killer — a disease that has no obvious symptoms or indications
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- 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
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single parent — mother or father without a partner
- single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
- single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
- single-seater — a vehicle that has only one seat
- single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
- single-suiter — one-suiter.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- singlesticker — a vessel, especially a sloop or cutter, having one mast.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- sirloin steak — cut of beef
- sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- slipper satin — a fine satin fabric with a mat finish
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spotter plane — an aircraft used in observing enemy movements or the accuracy of fire on a target
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
- stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
- standard cell — a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- starting line — marking at beginning of a race
- state control — government ownership