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11-letter words containing e, o, l, t, r

  • pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
  • pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
  • quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
  • rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
  • radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • rallentando — slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).
  • rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
  • ratatouille — a vegetable stew of Provence, typically consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, served hot or cold.
  • 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
  • rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
  • rationalize — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
  • re-allocate — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
  • re-election — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
  • realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
  • reallotment — the act or process of reallotting something
  • realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
  • recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
  • 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.
  • recollected — calm; composed.
  • redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
  • redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.
  • reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
  • reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
  • refocillate — to refresh, revive, give new life
  • reformulate — to formulate again.
  • reinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  • reinoculate — to inoculate again
  • relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
  • relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
  • relative to — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
  • religionist — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
  • religiosity — the quality of being religious; piety; devoutness.
  • relocatable — constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular: relocatable classroom units.
  • reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
  • repeat loop — (programming)   (Or "do loop") A loop construct found in many procedural languages which repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is true. Repeat loops are found in Perl, Pascal, BASIC and C. The initial keyword may be "repeat" or "do" and the condition may be introduced with a "while" or "until" keyword. In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed once before the condition is tested. This is useful when the condition depends on the action of the loop body. In the following BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact that the condition is false; i = 2 repeat print "Hello" i = i+1 until i>0 See also while loop and for loop.
  • repertorial — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
  • replication — a reply; answer.
  • reportorial — of or relating to a reporter.
  • reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
  • reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
  • resveratrol — a compound found in red grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and certain plants, used medicinally as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
  • retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
  • retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
  • retaliatory — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
  • retinal rod — any of the elongated cylindrical cells in the retina of the eye, containing the visual purple (rhodopsin), which are sensitive to dim light but not to colour
  • retrobulbar — situated behind the eyeball.
  • retrolental — located or occurring behind a lens, as of the eye.
  • retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
  • retrosexual — a heterosexual man who spends little time and money on his personal appearance
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