10-letter words containing e, n, s, o, r
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonating — to resound.
- resonation — to resound.
- resorcinol — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- resorption — the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- respondent — a person who responds or makes reply.
- responsion — the act of responding or answering.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsory — an anthem sung after a lection by a soloist and choir alternately.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- retentions — profits earned by a company but not distributed as dividends; retained earnings
- reunionist — a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- revisional — the act or work of revising.
- rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- ring stone — a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- road sense — the ability to be a safe driver or pedestrian
- roberdsman — a robber
- robustness — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rock snake — any large Australasian python of the genus Liasis
- roistering — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- roman nose — a nose having a prominent upper part or bridge.
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- rootedness — having roots.
- rootsiness — the quality of being rootsy
- rope's end — a short piece of rope, esp as formerly used for flogging sailors
- rosaniline — a red dye, C 2 0 H 2 0 N 3 Cl, derived from aniline and orthotoluidine, a constituent of fuchsin.
- rose noble — a former gold coin of England, first issued by Edward IV, being the existing noble with a figure of a rose added to the types on either side: much imitated on the Continent, especially in the Netherlands.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- rossellini — Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Italian raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Italian rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–77, Italian motion-picture director.
- rottenness — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- roundheels — a prostitute.
- roundhouse — a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- roystering — roister.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- rune-stone — a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
- sandroller — a North American fresh-water fish, Percopsis transmontana, related to the troutperch but having a deeper, more compressed body.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.