13-letter words containing r, o, d, e
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- reverse video — a mode on the display screen of a computer in which the colors normally used for characters and background are reversed.
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- reworked wool — used wool which is reprocessed for additional use.
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- rhodochrosite — a mineral, manganese carbonate, MnCO 3 , commonly containing some iron and calcium, and usually rose-red in color: a minor ore of manganese; manganese spar.
- rhythm method — a method of birth control in which the couple abstain from sexual intercourse during the period when ovulation is most likely to occur.
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- ride the rods — to steal a ride on a freight train
- ringed plover — any of several cosmopolitan plovers of the genus Charadrius, especially C. hiaticula, brownish above and white below with a black band around the breast.
- river dolphin — any freshwater cetacean of the family Platanistidae, inhabiting rivers of North and South America and S Asia. They are smaller than marine dolphins and have a longer narrower snout
- road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- rogue dialler — a dial-up connection placed on a computer without the user's knowledge which, when the user tries to connect to the internet, automatically connects to a premium-rate phone number
- roll-top desk — a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.
- rolled collar — a collar that stands up slightly from the point of attachment to the neckline of a garment before folding over to lie flat.
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- rond de jambe — a circular movement of the leg.
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- rose mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- rose-coloured — of the colour rose; rosy
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- round herring — any of several herringlike fishes of the family Dussumieriidae having a rounded abdomen, living chiefly in tropical marine waters.
- round of beef — round1 (def 35a).
- round-cheeked — having plump cheeks
- round-tripper — a home run.
- royal academy — a society founded in 1768 by George III of England for the establishment of a school of design and the holding of an annual exhibition of the works of living artists.
- rube goldberg — having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
- ruffed grouse — a North American grouse, Bonasa umbellus, having a tuft of black feathers on each side of the neck.
- ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
- running order — The running order of the items in a broadcast, concert, or show is the order in which the items will come.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
- sacred bamboo — nandina.
- saddle oxford — saddle shoe.
- saint leonard — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- salmon ladder — a series of steps in a river designed to enable salmon to bypass a dam and move upstream to their breeding grounds
- scalenohedral — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scalenohedron — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- school dinner — meal served at educational institution