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13-letter words containing t, r, a, n, d, i

  • radio station — station (def 8).
  • radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
  • radiolocation — the method or process of determining the position and velocity of an object by radar.
  • raiding party — a group of people who together carry out a raid
  • raison d'etat — a purely political reason for governmental action, based on the national interest and often violating principles of justice.
  • raison d'etre — reason or justification for being or existence: Art is the artist's raison d'être.
  • randomization — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
  • rapid transit — a system of public transportation in a metropolitan area, usually a subway or elevated train system.
  • rattlebrained — foolish; flighty; scatterbrained.
  • re-admittance — permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.
  • reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
  • reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • 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.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • restandardize — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
  • robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
  • rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
  • romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • sedentariness — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
  • semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • side entrance — an entrance at the side of a building
  • sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
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