11-letter words containing a, b, t, e, r
- protectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- protuberate — to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
- pyramid bet — a set of bets on two or more horse races or other sporting events in which the stake and winnings from the first bet automatically become the stake in the next bet, and so on as long as each bet wins.
- quarter bar — a strut for bracing the central post of a windmill.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quatre bras — a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
- rabattement — the act of rabatting
- rabbit ears — an indoor television antenna consisting of two telescoping, swivel-based aerials.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- racquetball — a game similar to handball, played on a four-walled court but with a short-handled, strung racket and a larger, somewhat softer ball.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- range table — one of a number of identical small tables that can be used together to form a single table.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- rate rebate — (formerly) a reduction in the amount of rates that a person had to pay
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- rattlebrain — a giddy, empty-headed, talkative person.
- readability — Also, readableness. the state or quality of being readable.
- reattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- rebarbative — causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- recalibrate — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
- recreatable — to create anew.
- recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- registrable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- regrettable — causing or deserving regret; unfortunate; deplorable.
- regrettably — causing or deserving regret; unfortunate; deplorable.
- reliability — the ability to be relied on or depended on, as for accuracy, honesty, or achievement.
- relocatable — constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular: relocatable classroom units.
- relubricate — to lubricate again or with new lubricant
- rent rebate — a rebate on rent given by a local government authority
- rentability — a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- repatriable — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- respectable — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- restartable — capable of being restarted
- retraceable — to trace backward; go back over: to retrace one's steps.
- retractable — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- retractible — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- retrainable — able to be retrained
- retrievable — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.