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11-letter words containing c, e, r, a, i

  • quarter cif — (communications, standard)   (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
  • quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
  • quinceanera — (among Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S.) a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
  • racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
  • racket-tail — any of several birds with a racket-shaped tail, such as certain hummingbirds and kingfishers
  • radicalised — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
  • radicalness — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
  • radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
  • radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
  • radiocesium — cesium 137.
  • radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radiometric — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
  • radiotracer — a radioactive isotope used as a tracer.
  • rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
  • rarefaction — the act or process of rarefying.
  • 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.
  • re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • re-creation — the act of creating anew.
  • reaccession — (of a position of power) the process of acceding again
  • 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.
  • reactivated — to render active again; revive.
  • reaganomics — the economic policies put forth by the administration of President Ronald Reagan, especially as emphasizing supply-side theory.
  • real income — the amount of goods and services that money income will buy.
  • reascension — the process or act of reascending
  • reassociate — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
  • recalibrate — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • recall slip — a printed piece of paper sent by library staff to a borrower's home address to remind them that a book is overdue
  • recantation — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
  • recarburize — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
  • recarpeting — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  • receivables — the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
  • recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
  • reciprocant — a differential invariant
  • reciprocate — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • recirculate — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • reclaimable — to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
  • reclaimably — in a reclaimable manner
  • 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.
  • recriminate — to bring a countercharge against an accuser.
  • recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
  • rectifiable — able to be rectified.
  • rectilinear — forming a straight line.
  • rectiserial — arranged in straight rows
  • recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
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