13-letter words containing r, e, l, n, t
- state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- sterilization — the act of sterilizing.
- sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- stern-wheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
- stone lantern — (in Japan) an intricately carved lantern of stone, often placed in a garden or before a shrine.
- stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subternatural — falling below what is accepted as natural; less than natural
- sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- supervirulent — extremely virulent
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- sustentacular — supporting.
- table manners — etiquette when eating
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
- tandem roller — a type of road roller in which the front and back wheels consist of rollers of about the same diameter
- teleconverter — a person or thing that converts.
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- temperamental — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- ten-yard rule — the rule allowing a referee, when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick, to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- tercentennial — pertaining to 300 years or a period of 300 years.
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- terminatively — in a finalizing manner
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
- the long term — the time some years ahead, (as opposed to the immediate future)
- the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
- the noble art — boxing
- 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.
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermoelement — a device made up of a heating mechanism and a thermocouple and used to measure small currents