10-letter words containing a, e, r, i, u
- rain gauge — an instrument for measuring rainfall.
- raisonneur — a character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view of the work.
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- reacquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- refutation — an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.
- refutative — tending to refute; pertaining to refutation: refutative evidence.
- regularise — to make regular.
- regularity — usual; normal; customary: to put something in its regular place.
- regularize — to make regular.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- regulative — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- rehumanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- reissuable — (of notes, bills, money, etc) able to be reissued
- renunciate — any religious devotee who renounces earthly pleasures and lives as an ascetic
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- reputative — reputed, putative, regarded as such
- requiescat — a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.
- requitable — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- residually — in a residual manner.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- reticulate — netted; covered with a network.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- riaa curve — a graphical representation, adopted as a worldwide standard, of the amplitude in relation to frequency response required for correct reproduction of microgroove disc recordings, compensating for the characteristics of the recording process
- ring gauge — ring1 (def 21).
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- ritualized — to practice ritualism.
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rue family — the plant family Rutaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple or compound aromatic leaves, fragrant flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the citruses, the gas plant, Hercules'-club, and rue.
- ruminative — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- run a mile — If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- russianize — to make Russian; impart Russian characteristics to.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- saussurite — a mineral aggregate of albite, zoisite, and other calcium aluminum silicates, formed by alteration of plagioclase feldspars in igneous rocks.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
- sea squirt — any tunicate, especially a sessile ascidian, so called from its habit of contracting its body and ejecting streams of water when disturbed.
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- seaquarium — an area of salt water where sea animals are kept so people can look at them
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.