13-letter words containing t, a, y, l, o
- radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
- ray tomlinson — (person) An engineer at Bolt Beranek and Newman who, in July 1972 while designing the first[?] electronic mail program, chose the commercial at symbol "@" to separate the user name from the computer name.
- real property — an estate or property consisting of lands and of all appurtenances to lands, as buildings, crops, or mineral rights (distinguished from personal property).
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- romanticality — the state or quality of being romantic
- rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
- rotary tiller — rototiller.
- royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
- 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.
- royal warrant — an authorization to a tradesman to supply goods to a royal household
- saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- saxony-anhalt — a state in central Germany. 9515 sq. mi. (24,644 sq. km). Capital: Magdeburg.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- scotland yard — a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard, ).
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
- see you later — an expression of farewell
- sensationally — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- situationally — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
- solar battery — an array of solar cells, used as a source of electrical power.
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- southeasterly — coming from the south east
- speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
- spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- state of play — current situation
- status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
- statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
- stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
- storm trysail — a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind
- subtropically — in the subtropics