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13-letter words containing t, r, i, c, l

  • rolling hitch — a hitch on a spar or the like, composed of two round turns and a half hitch so disposed as to jam when a stress is applied parallel to the object on which the hitch is made.
  • rolling stock — the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars.
  • romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
  • romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
  • romanticality — the state or quality of being romantic
  • 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.
  • saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
  • sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
  • sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
  • sacralization — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
  • sales receipt — slip or document: proof of payment
  • san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
  • santa clarita — city in SW Calif., near Los Angeles: pop. 151,000
  • sarcastically — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
  • scarlet gilia — skyrocket.
  • sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
  • scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
  • scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
  • scripturalist — a literalist or translator obedient to the Scriptures
  • secret police — a police force that functions as the enforcement arm of a government's political policies and whose activities, which often include surveillance, intimidation, and physical violence as a means of suppressing dissent, are usually concealed from the public.
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • selenocentric — having the moon as its center.
  • self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
  • self-directed — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
  • self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
  • silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • singlesticker — a vessel, especially a sloop or cutter, having one mast.
  • sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
  • sister school — a university or college which is financially, historically or socially linked to another
  • slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
  • social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
  • social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
  • sociocultural — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.
  • solar chariot — (in ancient Egypt) a chariot placed in the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
  • spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
  • steering lock — an anti-theft device
  • sterculia gum — karaya gum.
  • stereological — of, relating to, stereology
  • 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.
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
  • strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
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