12-letter words containing d, r, i, l, a
- rally driver — sports-car racer
- rapeseed oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- ravioli code — (jargon, humour) Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- rear admiral — U.S. Navy, Coast Guard. a commissioned officer next in rank below a vice-admiral.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- red valerian — a bushy valerian, Centranthus ruber, of Europe and southwestern Asia, having many fragrant red, crimson, or white flowers.
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- reiteratedly — in a repetitive or reiterative manner
- retail trade — shop selling
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- rhode island — US state
- rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
- ripe old age — advanced age
- road haulier — a person who owns or works for a road haulage company; a trucker
- rolling road — A rolling road is a piece of machinery on which the wheels of a vehicle can ride in order to test how well the vehicle works under road conditions that are created artificially.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- salamandrian — a salamander of the order Batrachia
- salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
- sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
- sidereal day — the interval between two successive passages of the vernal equinox over the meridian, being about four minutes shorter than a mean solar day.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.