11-letter words containing a, i, r, l, o
- radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radiolarian — any minute, marine protozoan of the class Radiolaria, or, in some classification schemes, the superclass Actinopoda, having an amebalike body with radiating, filamentous pseudopodia and a usually elaborate outer skeleton.
- radiologist — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rag-rolling — a decorating technique in which paint is applied with a roughly folded cloth in order to create a marbled effect
- rail anchor — a fastening device for attaching the base of a rail to a crosstie.
- railroading — a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- random line — a trial survey line run from a station toward a predetermined point that cannot be seen from the station.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- ratatouille — a vegetable stew of Provence, typically consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, served hot or cold.
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- rationalist — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- rationality — the state or quality of being rational.
- rationalize — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- real income — the amount of goods and services that money income will buy.
- realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- reclination — to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
- redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- refocillate — to refresh, revive, give new life
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- regionalize — to divide or organize into regions for administrative purposes
- reinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
- relative to — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- relief road — a road carrying traffic round an urban area; bypass
- religionary — pertaining to religion
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- renormalize — to normalize again, to cause to conform to norms or a normal state again
- repertorial — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- reportorial — of or relating to a reporter.
- resocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
- retaliatory — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
- retinal rod — any of the elongated cylindrical cells in the retina of the eye, containing the visual purple (rhodopsin), which are sensitive to dim light but not to colour
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- revaluation — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.