13-letter words containing s, i, n, t, r
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- 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)
- riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- right as rain — perfectly healthy
- right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
- righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
- ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
- ripstop nylon — a nylon fabric woven with a double thread approximately every quarter inch to prevent the expansion of small rips.
- rising action — a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
- rising rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable preceded by one or more unaccented ones.
- roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
- rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
- rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- rolling stock — the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars.
- rolling stone — person: nomadic
- romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- root division — the act or process of reproducing plants by a division of roots or crowns.
- root position — the position of a triad in which the root is in the bass.
- rotation axis — an imaginary line through a crystal about which the crystal may be rotated a specified number of degrees and be brought back to its original position.
- rotation-axes — a process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes making a specified angle with and having the same origin as the original axes.
- runjeet singh — Ranjit Singh.
- running costs — The running costs of a business are the amount of money that is regularly spent on things such as salaries, heating, lighting, and rent.
- running start — Sports. a start, as in the hop, step, and jump or the running broad jump, in which a contestant begins moving before reaching the starting or take-off point.
- running story — a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
- rusine antler — an antler resembling that of the sambar.
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- s corporation — An S corporation is a type of corporation in which the owners are taxed for any taxable income on their individual returns.
- sacralization — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacrosanctity — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
- safety margin — something required to ensure safety
- saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- saint bernard — Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
- saint gregory — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- saint laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- saint leonard — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
- saint peter's — a basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
- saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
- saint-laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- saint-nazaire — a seaport in W France, on the Loire estuary.
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- sanitarianism — the study of sanitation
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
- santa clarita — city in SW Calif., near Los Angeles: pop. 151,000
- sarcasticness — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.