13-letter words containing t, a, e, r, d
- redesignation — an act of designating.
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- rehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
- remand centre — correctional facility
- remediability — the state of being able to be remedied
- repristinated — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
- resident head — someone who is charge of running and supervising a student residence
- 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
- restandardize — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- retail dealer — seller
- retinoic acid — a vitamin A derivative, C20H28O2, used in the treatment of acne, skin wrinkles, etc.
- retransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- rhadamanthine — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
- riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
- riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
- ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
- ritual murder — a human sacrifice made to appease a deity.
- road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
- run batted in — a runner advanced to home for a score by a particular player at bat, as when he or she gets a hit or a walk with the bases loaded: a category important in individual offensive statistics. Abbreviation: R.B.I.
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- 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 thread — a cord worn by Hindus of the three upper castes as a sign of being twice-born or initiated into the Vedas.
- 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 leonard — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- 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
- saturated fat — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
- 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