11-letter words containing a, r, y, i
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- radiability — to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
- radial tyre — a motor-vehicle tyre having a radial-ply casing
- radiography — the production of radiographs.
- radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
- rationality — the state or quality of being rational.
- ravishingly — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- ray casting — (graphics) A simplified form of ray tracing. A ray is fired from each pixel in the view plane, and information is accumulated from all the voxels in the volume data it intersects. Each voxel is first given an associated colour and opacity. The ray is sampled at a fixed number of evenly spaced locations and the colour and opacity are trilinearly interpolated from the eight nearest voxels. These are then composed linearly back to front to give a single colour for the pixel. Ray casting was invented by John Carmack for the game Wolfenstein 3D. It is faster and lower quality than ray tracing, and is ideal for interactive applications. It parallelises well, although random access is needed to the voxels.
- ray tracing — (graphics) A technique used in computer graphics to create realistic images by calculating the paths taken by rays of light entering the observer's eye at different angles. The paths are traced backward from the viewpoint, through a point (a pixel) in the image plane until they hit some object in the scene or go off to infinity. Objects are modelled as collections of abutting surfaces which may be rectangles, triangles, or more complicated shapes such as 3D splines. The optical properties of different surfaces (colour, reflectance, transmitance, refraction, texture) also affect how it will contribute to the colour and brightness of the ray. The position, colour, and brightness of light sources, including ambient lighting, is also taken into account. Ray tracing is an ideal application for parallel processing since there are many pixels, each of whose values is independent and can thus be calculated in parallel. Compare: radiosity.
- reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- readability — Also, readableness. the state or quality of being readable.
- ready-mixed — blended in advance of being sold
- reclaimably — in a reclaimable manner
- rehydration — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
- reliability — the ability to be relied on or depended on, as for accuracy, honesty, or achievement.
- religionary — pertaining to religion
- rentability — a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- reptilianly — in the manner of a reptilian
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- retaliatory — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- retired pay — retirement pay; pension
- reusability — reuse
- revisionary — the act or work of revising.
- rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- ride cymbal — a medium-sized cymbal suspended over a set of drums, used for maintaining rhythm patterns since the advent of bop
- rift valley — graben.
- ring galaxy — a galaxy having the shape of an elliptical ring: thought to be the result of a collision of two galaxies.
- roadability — the ability of a motor vehicle to maintain a steady, balanced, and comfortable ride, especially under a variety of road conditions.
- robotically — in a robotic manner
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- rotary dial — dial (def 4).
- rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
- rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
- royal icing — a hard white icing made from egg whites and icing sugar, used for coating and decorating cakes, esp fruit cakes
- rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- runnability — to move with haste; act quickly: Run upstairs and get the iodine.
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcocystis — a member of the species of parasite Sarcocystis
- sartorially — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- satirically — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- saturninity — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.