12-letter words containing o, i, l, n, e
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- resolutioner — a person joining in or subscribing to a resolution.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsorial — of or relating to response; responsive
- reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
- retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
- retroflexion — a bending backward.
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
- rhinorrhoeal — of or relating to rhinorrhoea
- rhode island — US state
- ribbon cable — (hardware) A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- river nelson — a river in central Canada, in N central Manitoba, flowing from Lake Winnipeg northeast to Hudson Bay. Length: about 650 km (400 miles)
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- roller blind — a blind consisting of a length of fabric rolled around a pole and fitted to the top of a window
- roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
- rolling news — current affairs: continuous
- roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- seclusionist — a person who prefers to be alone or secluded
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- selectionist — a person who believes in natural selection
- seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
- self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-opinion — opinion of oneself, especially when unduly high.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.