11-letter words containing n, e, o, t, r, i
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- retribution — requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
- retroaction — action that is opposed or contrary to the preceding action.
- retroengine — a small rocket on a spacecraft which is fired to alter its course or slow it down
- 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
- revibration — the act of vibrating.
- revisionist — an advocate of revision, especially of some political or religious doctrine.
- rhetorician — an expert in the art of rhetoric.
- rhinestoned — adorned with rhinestones
- rifacimento — a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.
- right money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- rinthereout — a vagrant or homeless person
- rivet joint — a join made by use of rivets
- rodenticide — a substance or preparation for killing rodents.
- roentgenium — a superheavy, synthetic radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rg; atomic number: 111.
- roentgenize — to subject to the action of x-rays.
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- root ginger — the rhizome of the ginger plant.
- rose-tinted — excessively optimistic
- routineness — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- second-tier — not in the first rank
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- set on fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
- shoe-string — a shoelace.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- sinistrorse — (from a point of view at the center of the spiral) rising spirally in a counterclockwise manner, as a stem (opposed to dextrorse).
- six-pointer — a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team
- snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- southernize — to make or become southern
- sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.