13-letter words containing res
- resting place — grave
- restless cavy — a wild guinea pig.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- restrictively — tending or serving to restrict.
- restructuring — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- resynchronize — to synchronize again
- resystematize — to systematize again
- retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
- retrogressive — characterized by retrogression; degenerating.
- root pressure — osmotic pressure within the cells of a root system that causes sap to rise through a plant stem to the leaves.
- sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
- sculpturesque — suggesting sculpture: the sculpturesque beauty of her face.
- self-interest — regard for one's own interest or advantage, especially with disregard for others.
- self-resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
- sempstressing — the profession of being a seamstress
- service dress — a khaki army uniform more formal than khakis but less formal than full army dress
- ship's stores — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
- skiing resort — a place which provides accommodation and facilities for skiing such as skiing trails, slopes, etc, esp for people who go there to take skiing holidays
- stores ledger — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
- stress relief — Stress relief involves removing stresses in a material, usually by heating it to a temperature at which it can deform easily.
- stressed skin — a composite plywood material used especially in the construction of light aircraft
- styrene resin — a transparent thermoplastic resin formed by polymerizing styrene.
- summer resort — a place that many people visit for holidays in summer
- sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
- superfortress — a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.
- swamp cypress — bald cypress.
- sweater dress — a dress made of knitted or crocheted material, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
- take measures — act, do sth practical
- task-mistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- the oppressed — people who are subjugated by cruelty, force, etc
- toastmistress — a woman who presides at a dinner, introduces the after-dinner speakers, and often proposes toasts.
- torres strait — a strait between NE Australia and S New Guinea. 80 miles (130 km) wide.
- trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
- transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
- transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- trestle table — a table having transverse slabs or rigid frames for supports, and usually strengthened by a long stretcher.
- trouser press — an electrical appliance that is used for taking the creases out of trousers
- tyre pressure — the pressure of the air in a vehicle tyre
- underestimate — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- understressed — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- unforeseeable — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- unforeseeably — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- unforeskinned — circumcised
- unimpressible — not capable of being or willing to be impressed
- uninteresting — engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity: an interesting book.
- unpicturesque — not visually pleasing; not striking or beautiful
- unpresentable — not fit to be shown or introduced to other people
- unpressurized — (of an aircraft cabin, etc) not having a normal level of air pressure