11-letter words containing c, r, o, i, t, e
- 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.
- 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-creation — the act of creating anew.
- re-election — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- 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.
- reassociate — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- recantation — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reciprocant — a differential invariant
- reciprocate — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reciprocity — a reciprocal state or relation.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- 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.
- recognition — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
- recondition — to restore to a good or satisfactory condition; repair; make over.
- reconnoiter — to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
- reconnoitre — To reconnoitre an area means to obtain information about its geographical features or about the size and position of an army there.
- record time — very quickly, or in the fastest time recorded
- recordation — the act or process of recording: the recordation of documents pertaining to copyright ownership.
- redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redirection — to direct again.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- refactoring — (object-oriented, programming) Improving a computer program by reorganising its internal structure without altering its external behaviour. When software developers add new features to a program, the code degrades because the original program was not designed with the extra features in mind. This problem could be solved by either rewriting the existing code or working around the problems which arise when adding the new features. Redesigning a program is extra work, but not doing so would create a program which is more complicated than it needs to be. Refactoring is a collection of techniques which have been designed to provide an alternative to the two situations mentioned above. The techniques enable programmers to restructure code so that the design of a program is clearer. It also allows programmers to extract reusable components, streamline a program, and make additions to the program easier to implement. Refactoring is usually done by renaming methods, moving fields from one class to another, and moving code into a separate method. Although it is done using small and simple steps, refactoring a program will vastly improve its design and structure, making it easier to maintain and leading to more robust code.
- refectioner — a person in charge of a refectory
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- refocillate — to refresh, revive, give new life
- refuctoring — (humour, programming) Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
- reification — to convert into or regard as a concrete thing: to reify a concept.
- reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- reinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- reinjection — an injection that follows a previous injection
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- rejoicement — rejoicing; delight; exultation; gladness; joy
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- replication — a reply; answer.
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- 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.