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11-letter words containing a, t, r, o

  • rallentando — slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).
  • rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
  • ramos-horta — José, born 1949, East Timorese resistance leader, political activist (1975–99) during Indonesian occupation, and foreign minister from independence in 2000 to 2006; president since 2007: Nobel prize 1996.
  • rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
  • rarefaction — the act or process of rarefying.
  • raster font — bitmap font
  • 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
  • ratiocinate — to reason; carry on a process of reasoning.
  • ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
  • ration card — a card showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
  • 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.
  • re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
  • re-allocate — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
  • re-creation — the act of creating anew.
  • re-forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
  • reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
  • reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
  • reactionist — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
  • read out of — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
  • readthrough — reading (def 1).
  • realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
  • reallotment — the act or process of reallotting something
  • realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
  • reanimation — to restore to life; resuscitate.
  • reappointed — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
  • reapportion — to apportion or distribute anew.
  • reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
  • reassertion — a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason: a mere assertion; an unwarranted assertion.
  • reassociate — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
  • reauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
  • rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
  • recantation — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
  • recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
  • reciprocant — a differential invariant
  • reciprocate — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • 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.
  • recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
  • recordation — the act or process of recording: the recordation of documents pertaining to copyright ownership.
  • recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
  • redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
  • redecorator — a person who redecorates
  • redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.
  • reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
  • reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
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