11-letter words containing d, e, t, r, a
- preindicate — to indicate in advance; presage: The early thaw preindicated an avalanche.
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- premedicate — to administer preparatory medication to
- premeditate — to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand: to premeditate a murder.
- prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- prestandard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- print media — the industry that is engaged in the printing and dissemination of news through newspapers and magazines
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- prolongated — to prolong.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- protodeacon — a chief deacon in the Greek Church.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- purehearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
- pyramid bet — a set of bets on two or more horse races or other sporting events in which the stake and winnings from the first bet automatically become the stake in the next bet, and so on as long as each bet wins.
- quadratures — Plural form of quadrature.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- quarantined — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarter day — (in England, Ireland, and Wales) one of the four days, Lady Day, Midsummer Day, Michaelmas, or Christmas, regarded as marking off the quarters of the year, on which quarterly payments are due, tenancies begin and end, etc.
- quarterdeck — the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel.
- radial tire — a motor-vehicle tire in which the plies or cords run from one bead to the other at right angles to both beads.
- radial tyre — a motor-vehicle tyre having a radial-ply casing
- radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
- 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.
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
- radiotracer — a radioactive isotope used as a tracer.
- rallentando — slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- re-situated — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- reactivated — to render active again; revive.
- 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.
- readability — Also, readableness. the state or quality of being readable.
- readthrough — reading (def 1).
- readvertise — to advertise (something) again
- reamendment — the act or process of reamending something
- 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.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- rechartered — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- recordation — the act or process of recording: the recordation of documents pertaining to copyright ownership.
- red currant — any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.
- redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redecorator — a person who redecorates
- redesignate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- redundantly — characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.