10-letter words containing c, e, r, a, i
- rededicate — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- reenacting — to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- refractile — refractive (def 2).
- refracting — undergoing or causing refraction
- refraction — Physics. the change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like, in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different.
- refractive — of or relating to refraction.
- reichsbank — the former German national bank.
- reichsmark — the monetary unit of Germany from November, 1924, until 1948. Compare Deutsche mark, mark2 (def 1), ostmark.
- reincrease — to increase again
- reindicate — to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- reiterance — a repetition or iteration
- relic area — (in dialect geography) an area isolated from the influences of any focal area and preserving older linguistic forms that have been lost in other regions.
- relocation — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- remittance — the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
- renunciate — any religious devotee who renounces earthly pleasures and lives as an ascetic
- replicable — capable of replication: The scientific experiment must be replicable in all details to be considered valid.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- requiescat — a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.
- resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- reteaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- reticulate — netted; covered with a network.
- retracking — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- retractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
- retraction — the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
- retractive — tending or serving to retract.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- 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.
- rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
- rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- riaa curve — a graphical representation, adopted as a worldwide standard, of the amplitude in relation to frequency response required for correct reproduction of microgroove disc recordings, compensating for the characteristics of the recording process
- 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.
- rice paddy — a field planted with rice
- rice paper — a thin paper made from the straw of rice, as in China.
- rich media — any internet content that interacts with the user, for example by expanding or streaming video content when the user's mouse hovers over it
- 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.
- right face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- ring dance — round dance.
- rivercraft — a small vessel which is used to travel on rivers
- riverscape — a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it.
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- saccharide — an organic compound containing a sugar or sugars.
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saccharize — to convert into sugar; saccharify.