11-letter words containing l, i, t, e, r, o
- pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- 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.
- 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-election — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- 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.
- redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- refocillate — to refresh, revive, give new life
- 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.
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- 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.
- 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
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- revaluation — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- riot police — police armed against public disorder
- riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- 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.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- sclerotitis — scleritis.