13-letter words containing rio
- lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
- luxuriousness — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- malariologist — An expert in malaria.
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- mitochondrion — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- monochorionic — Sharing one foetal membrane, or chorion. Typically used of identical twins.
- nefariousness — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- notoriousness — publicly or generally known, as for a particular trait: a newspaper that is notorious for its sensationalism. Synonyms: notable, renowned, celebrated, prominent, conspicuous, famous, widely known.
- opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
- overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
- past anterior — a pluperfect verb (in French)
- patriot's day — the third Monday in April, a legal holiday in Me. and Mass. commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
- patriotically — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- patriots' day — the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.
- periodic acid — any of a series of acids derived from I 2 O 7 by the addition of water molecules, as HIO 4 or H 5 IO 6 .
- periodic rate — The periodic rate is the interest rate charged for each period, such as monthly or quarterly.
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- periodization — an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study.
- periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
- periodontitis — inflammation of the periodontium caused by bacteria that infect the roots of teeth and the surrounding gum crevices, producing bleeding, pus formation, and gradual loss of bone and the tissues that support the teeth. Compare pyorrhea (def 2).
- periodontosis — rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis.
- pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
- porfirio diaz — (Josédela Cruz) Porfirio [haw-se th e lah kroos pawr-fee-ryaw] /hɔˈsɛ ðɛ lɑ ˈkrus pɔrˈfi ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, president of Mexico 1877–80, 1884–1911.
- priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
- priority mail — (in the U.S. Postal Service) mail consisting of merchandise weighing more than 12 ounces sent at first-class rates.
- proprioceptor — a receptor located in subcutaneous tissues, as muscles, tendons, and joints, that responds to stimuli produced within the body.
- quadrifarious — having four parts
- re-prioritize — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- rio da duvida — former name of Roosevelt, Río.
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- septentriones — the seven stars of the Plough, the Great Bear
- solar chariot — (in ancient Egypt) a chariot placed in the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- superior room — A superior room is a room in a hotel that is more comfortable or has better amenities than other rooms.
- superiorities — the quality or condition of being superior.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- theriomorphic — (of deities) thought of or represented as having the form of beasts.
- undeleterious — injurious to health: deleterious gases.
- unmeritorious — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- unseriousness — the state or quality of being unserious
- vicariousness — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- white vitriol — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.