11-letter words containing a, l, i, t, r
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- rabbit ball — a lively baseball, especially the ball used in present-day baseball: The pitchers keep complaining about the rabbit ball.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- racialistic — Of or pertaining to racism or racists.
- racket-tail — any of several birds with a racket-shaped tail, such as certain hummingbirds and kingfishers
- radiability — to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
- radial tire — a motor-vehicle tire in which the plies or cords run from one bead to the other at right angles to both beads.
- radial tyre — a motor-vehicle tyre having a radial-ply casing
- radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
- 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.
- rail strike — a strike by railway workers
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- range light — one of a pattern of navigation lights, usually fixed ashore, used by vessels for manoeuvring in narrow channels at night
- rat islands — a group of islands in SW Alaska, in the W Aleutian Islands.
- 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.
- rats' tails — long greasy strands of hair hanging down
- rattlebrain — a giddy, empty-headed, talkative person.
- readability — Also, readableness. the state or quality of being readable.
- real tennis — an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled indoor court with various openings, a sloping-roofed corridor along three sides, and a buttress on the fourth side
- realignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- 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.
- recalibrate — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recirculate — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- 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.
- recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- rectilinear — forming a straight line.
- rectiserial — arranged in straight rows
- recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
- redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- referential — having reference: referential to something.
- refocillate — to refresh, revive, give new life
- regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
- registrable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- 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