8-letter words containing n, t, e, r
- resiting — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- resoften — to make or become soft again
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- restring — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- restrung — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- retained — to keep possession of.
- retainer — the act of retaining in one's service.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.
- reticent — disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- retinene — an orange pigment, C 2 0 H 2 8 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- retinite — any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- retinoic — containing or derived from retinoid
- retinoid — Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- retirant — retiree.
- retiring — that retires.
- retrench — to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
- retronym — a term coined in modification of an original term that was used alone (as acoustic guitar instead of guitar ) to distinguish it from a term referring to a later development (as electric guitar ). Other examples of retronyms are snail mail and analog watch .
- returned — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
- returnee — a person who has returned, as from travels or a long absence.
- returner — person returning to formal education
- returnik — a person returning or intending to return to his or her own country, esp the former Soviet Union
- revehent — carrying back
- revenant — a person who returns.
- reverent — feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful: a reverent greeting.
- rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- rheotron — (formerly) betatron.
- rimstone — a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- ringette — a team sport played on ice, using straight sticks to control a rubber ring
- ringlets — locks of hair hanging down in spiral curls
- ringster — a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
- ringtone — telephone's ringing sound
- ritenuto — held back momentarily
- riveting — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- roentgen — Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- rondelet — a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.
- rosemont — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- rotenone — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 2 3 H 2 2 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- roundlet — a small circle or circular object.
- routeing — (networking) (US "routing") /roo'ting/ The process, performed by a router, of selecting the correct interface and next hop for a packet being forwarded. This is the British and international standard spelling. See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- routines — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- rudiment — Usually, rudiments. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.