13-letter words containing s, a, c, r, e
- realistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reassociation — an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure.
- réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
- recalcitrants — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- recessionista — a person whose clothes, whether cheap, second-hand, or suitably subdued, are considered appropriate to an economic downturn
- recitationist — someone who gives recitations
- reconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- recreationist — a person who advocates that national parks, seashores, lakes, etc., be preserved in their natural state for recreation, farming, or scientific study.
- recrystallize — to become crystallized again.
- reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
- refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- remote access — Remote access is a system which allows you to gain access to a particular computer or network using a separate computer.
- reorchestrate — to orchestrate (a piece of music) again
- reprographics — reprography.
- republicanism — republican government.
- research park — an industrial park whose facilities are devoted to research and development.
- research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- resting place — grave
- restless cavy — a wild guinea pig.
- resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- return crease — one of two lines marked at right-angles to each bowling crease, from inside which a bowler must deliver the ball
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
- rochelle salt — a white crystalline double salt, sodium potassium tartrate, used in Seidlitz powder. Formula: KNaC4H4O6.4H2O
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
- rollercoaster — a small gravity railroad, especially in an amusement park, having a train with open cars that moves along a high, sharply winding trestle built with steep inclines that produce sudden, speedy plunges for thrill-seeking passengers.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
- saccharimeter — an optical instrument for determining the strength of sugar solutions by measuring the rotation of the plane of polarized light they produce.
- saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
- saccharometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- saccharomyces — a fungus of the genus Saccharomyces, esp the yeast plant
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- sacher-masoch — Leopold von [ley-oh-pohlt fuh n] /ˈleɪ oʊˌpoʊlt fən/ (Show IPA), 1836–95, Austrian novelist.
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.