13-letter words containing r, o, l, e, t
- bottled water — water sold in bottles
- bow collector — a sliding current collector, consisting of a bow-shaped strip mounted on a hinged framework, used on trains, etc, to collect current from an overhead-wire
- bracket clock — a small clock designed to be placed on a bracket or shelf.
- brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
- bring to life — to bring back to consciousness
- bromo-seltzer — a compound containing a bromide, sodium bicarbonate, etc., used for relief from headaches and upset stomachs, and as a sedative
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
- bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
- buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
- butcher block — designating or of a thick slab made by gluing together strips of hardwood, as maple or oak, used for counter and table tops, etc.
- butter cooler — an earthenware container, consisting of a dish and cover, used to keep butter cool
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- call to order — to request to be quiet, as to start (a meeting)
- calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
- campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
- car boot sale — A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car.
- carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
- carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
- carlton table — an English writing table of c1800, having curved rear corners and a top with drawers surmounted by a U -shaped section of drawers and cabinets, topped by a brass or ormolu gallery surrounding three sides of the writing area.
- carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
- cartelization — The act of cartelizing.
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
- categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- central karoo — an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range. Average height: 750 m (2500 ft)
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
- charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
- charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
- checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
- chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
- chloroacetone — a colorless, lachrymatory, poisonous liquid, C 3 H 5 ClO, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of insecticides and perfumes.
- chloromethane — methyl chloride.
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- chocolate bar — a block of chocolate
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.