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

  • reverential — of the nature of or characterized by reverence; reverent: reverential awe.
  • revictualed — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • revitalised — to give new life to.
  • revitalized — restored; active again
  • revivalists — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
  • rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • rift valley — graben.
  • right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • ring-tailed — having the tail ringed with alternating colors, as a raccoon.
  • ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
  • robot plane — an unmanned plane
  • role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
  • rolled oats — oat grains that have been flattened under rollers
  • roller gate — (on certain dams) a cylindrical gate that rises and falls by rotating against inclined racks.
  • rollerskate — a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.
  • roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
  • root cellar — a cellar, partially or wholly underground and usually covered with dirt, where root crops and other vegetables are stored.
  • rotor blade — one airfoil of the rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft.
  • round table — conference, meeting
  • round-table — noting or pertaining to a conference, discussion, or deliberation in which each participant has equal status, equal time to present views, etc.: round-table discussions.
  • rude health — If someone is in rude health, they are strong and healthy.
  • rumble seat — Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
  • rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
  • rural route — a mail delivery route in a rural area.
  • sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • saddle-tree — the frame of a saddle.
  • salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
  • salt cellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
  • salt shaker — a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
  • salt-cellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
  • saltchucker — a saltwater angler
  • saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
  • sample rate — (digital signal processing)   The number of times an analog signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in kiloHertz (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare data rate. See Nyquist frequency.
  • sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
  • sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
  • sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • satirizable — able to be satirized or ridiculed
  • scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
  • scarlet hat — a cardinal's hat
  • scatteredly — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
  • scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
  • scrap metal — discarded metal
  • scratchless — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • sea leather — the skin of sharks, porpoises, dogfishes, etc., prepared and used for the same purposes as ordinary leather.
  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • secretarial — noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.
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