13-letter words containing s, e, t, a, i, l
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- precapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
- presentiality — the state of being present
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- pull a fastie — to play a sly trick
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
- rail-splitter — a person or thing that splits logs into rails, especially for fences.
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
- re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
- realistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- recalcitrants — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- recrystallize — to become crystallized again.
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
- releasability — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- release print — Movies. print (def 31).
- released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
- rensselaerite — a white or yellow compact variety of talc, used for ornaments
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- resting place — grave
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- retranslation — the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- 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.
- rusine antler — an antler resembling that of the sambar.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.