11-letter words containing e, u, c, r
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- quarter cif — (communications, standard) (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- 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.
- quarterpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only.
- quechumaran — a proposed language stock comprising Quechua and Aymara
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- quinceanera — (among Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S.) a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
- race-course — racetrack.
- racecourses — Plural form of racecourse.
- racquetball — a game similar to handball, played on a four-walled court but with a short-handled, strung racket and a larger, somewhat softer ball.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- re-announce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- reannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- reassurance — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recalculate — to calculate again, especially for the purpose of finding an error or confirming a previous computation.
- recarburize — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
- recirculate — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- recluseness — the fact or condition of being solitary or recluse; reclusion
- reclusively — in a reclusive manner, as or like a recluse; reclusely
- reconducted — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- recountment — the act or process of recounting or reciting something
- recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- recruitment — the act or process of recruiting.
- rectangular — shaped like a rectangle.
- recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
- recuperable — capable of recuperation
- recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
- recurrently — that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.
- recurringly — occurring or appearing again.
- recursively — pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
- red currant — any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.
- red mercury — a supposedly radioactive substance that could be used in a bomb made from nuclear waste, widely believed to be part of a confidence trick in which gangsters sold useless material to terrorists in the early 1990s
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reductively — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- reductivism — reductionism.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- 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.
- reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- reinoculate — to inoculate again