11-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- restoration — the act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablishment.
- restorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- resveratrol — a compound found in red grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and certain plants, used medicinally as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
- retaliatory — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
- retardation — the act of retarding or state of being retarded.
- retinal rod — any of the elongated cylindrical cells in the retina of the eye, containing the visual purple (rhodopsin), which are sensitive to dim light but not to colour
- retinispora — any member of the genus Retinispora, of conifers which grow in the east of Asia and in the east and west of North America
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- retransform — to transform back, again or differently
- retroaction — action that is opposed or contrary to the preceding action.
- retroactive — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- retrobulbar — situated behind the eyeball.
- retrolental — located or occurring behind a lens, as of the eye.
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- retrosexual — a heterosexual man who spends little time and money on his personal appearance
- retroussage — the technique or action, in etching or engraving, of drawing up ink from within the incised lines of an inked plate by deftly passing a soft cloth across its surface in order to spread ink to the adjacent areas.
- revaluation — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- revibration — the act of vibrating.
- rhetorician — an expert in the art of rhetoric.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- rhizoctonia — any of various soil-inhabiting fungi of the genus Rhizoctonia, some species of which are destructive to cultivated plants, causing damping off of seedlings, foliage blight, root and stem cankers, and rot of storage organs.
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rifacimento — a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.
- right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- rion strait — Lepanto (def 3).
- risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
- road safety — prevention of traffic accidents
- road-trials — a road test
- roadability — the ability of a motor vehicle to maintain a steady, balanced, and comfortable ride, especially under a variety of road conditions.
- robot plane — an unmanned plane
- robotically — in a robotic manner
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- rodomontade — vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
- rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
- roh tae woo — born 1932, president of South Korea 1988–93.
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- rolled oats — oat grains that have been flattened under rollers
- roller gate — (on certain dams) a cylindrical gate that rises and falls by rotating against inclined racks.
- rollerskate — a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- romanticist — an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
- romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.