10-letter words containing a, r, i, s, t
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- rajasthani — an Indic language, the vernacular of Rajasthan.
- rap artist — singer who performs rap music
- ras tafari — (Ras Tafari) 1891–1975, emperor of Ethiopia 1930–74: in exile 1936–41.
- rash shirt — a shirt worn by surfers as protection against sunburn, heat rash, etc
- rat poison — substance toxic to rodents
- ratio test — the theorem that a given infinite series converges if the absolute value of the ratio of the term succeeding the n th term to the n th term approaches a limit less than 1 as n increases without bound.
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- reastiness — rancidness
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- reestimate — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
- registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
- registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
- registrate — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- reinstated — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- relativise — to regard as or make relative.
- relativism — any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.
- relativist — an adherent or advocate of relativism or of the principle of relativity.
- remanifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- remediates — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- renaissant — renascent.
- requiescat — a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.
- resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- resonating — to resound.
- resonation — to resound.
- respirator — a masklike device, usually of gauze, worn over the mouth, or nose and mouth, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances or the like.
- restrained — characterized by restraint: The actor gave a restrained performance.
- restrainer — a person or thing that restrains.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- retransmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- retreatism — the rejection of culturally prescribed goals and the conventional means for attaining them.
- retreatist — the rejection of culturally prescribed goals and the conventional means for attaining them.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revestiary — the part of a church or temple where the clergy's gowns and other articles are kept; vestry
- revisitant — revisiting or returning to a place
- revitalise — to give new life to.
- revivalist — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- rickettsia — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.