11-letter words containing l, i, t, s
- quiescently — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- racialistic — Of or pertaining to racism or racists.
- radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
- radiologist — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- rail strike — a strike by railway workers
- rat islands — a group of islands in SW Alaska, in the W Aleutian Islands.
- 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.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- rationalist — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- rats' tails — long greasy strands of hair hanging down
- re-listened — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- real tennis — an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled indoor court with various openings, a sloping-roofed corridor along three sides, and a buttress on the fourth side
- rectiserial — arranged in straight rows
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
- registrable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
- religionist — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
- religiosity — the quality of being religious; piety; devoutness.
- requiteless — without requital; unrequited
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- resentingly — in a resenting manner; resentfully
- residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- resiliently — springing back; rebounding.
- resistingly — in a resisting manner
- resistively — in a resistive manner, with resistance
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- restimulate — to stimulate again, reactivate
- resultative — (in grammar) a phrase which describes the state of a noun by completing the verb phrase
- resultingly — as a result.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- reusability — reuse
- 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
- revitalised — to give new life to.
- revivalists — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- 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.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
- ritualistic — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- road-trials — a road test
- 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
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.