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12-letter words containing a, l, u, r

  • radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
  • radicicolous — living on the roots of plants
  • radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
  • rally around — to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew: The general rallied his scattered army.
  • raoult's law — the principle that the fraction by which the vapor pressure of a solvent is lowered by the addition of a nonvolatile, nonelectrolytic solute is equal to the mole fraction of the solute in the solution.
  • raphaelesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.
  • rarity value — if something has rarity value, it is valuable because there a few examples of it
  • re-calculate — to calculate again, especially for the purpose of finding an error or confirming a previous computation.
  • reaccumulate — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
  • rearticulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
  • recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
  • receptacular — having the nature of, or serving as, a receptacle
  • receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
  • recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
  • reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • regular army — the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.
  • regular verb — verb that follows standard conjugation
  • regular year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
  • regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
  • regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
  • reillustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
  • reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • relay runner — person who takes turn in a relay race
  • renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
  • renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
  • repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
  • repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
  • reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
  • reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
  • resale value — the price which something can achieve when sold in the future
  • retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
  • reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
  • retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
  • revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
  • road haulage — transport of goods by road
  • road haulier — a person who owns or works for a road haulage company; a trucker
  • roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
  • roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
  • royal purple — a deep bluish purple.
  • royal quarto — a book size, 10 by 121⁄2 inches
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