10-letter words containing l, i, a, t, r
- retaliated — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
- reticulate — netted; covered with a network.
- retinalite — a translucent greenish yellow variety of the mineral serpentine
- retractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
- retroviral — A retroviral is any one of a group of viruses, many of which produce tumors, that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase (= an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA), including the virus that causes AIDS.
- revalidate — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revitalise — to give new life to.
- revitalize — to give new life to.
- revivalist — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rewritable — A rewritable CD or DVD is a CD or DVD that you can record onto more than once. Compare recordable.
- rhabdolith — a minute rodlike structure, believed by some to be algae, found at the bottom and the surface of the ocean, and which is composed of calcium carbonate, calcium or limestone
- rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rhythmical — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- ridability — the state or quality of being ridable
- right-laid — noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a right-handed, or clockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to left-laid).
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- ritschlian — of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- ritualized — to practice ritualism.
- rotational — the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- royal mint — a British organization having the sole right to manufacture coins since the 16th century. In 1968 it moved from London to Llantrisant in Wales
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- ruminantly — in a ruminant manner
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- sailor hat — a hat with a flat round crown and fairly broad brim that is rolled upwards
- salt river — a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- salzgitter — a city in Lower Saxony, in central Germany, SE of Hanover.
- sanitarily — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- saturnalia — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- scarlatina — scarlet fever.
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scriptural — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- sea trials — a series of trial runs to test the performance of a new ship.
- secularist — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- serial ata — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
- sertraline — a drug, C 17 H 17 NCl 2 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, used in the treatment of depression.
- shirt-tail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- short-laid — hard-laid.
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- silentiary — someone who keeps silence in court
- silvertail — a person of affluence or influence.