11-letter words containing o, r, e, c, t
- resurrector — to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
- 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.
- retroaction — action that is opposed or contrary to the preceding action.
- retroactive — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- retrorocket — a small, auxiliary rocket engine, forming a part of a larger rocket vehicle and having its exhaust nozzle pointed toward the direction of flight, for decelerating the larger rocket, separating one stage from another, etc.
- rev counter — A rev counter is an instrument in a car or an aeroplane which shows the speed of the engine.
- rhetorician — an expert in the art of rhetoric.
- rich object — In artificial intelligence, an object which cannot be completely described or represented but about which assertions can be made.
- rifacimento — a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.
- riot police — police armed against public disorder
- 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.
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rocket bomb — an aerial bomb equipped with a rocket for added velocity after being dropped from an aircraft.
- rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rocket sled — a sled propelled along a long track by rocket engines, for testing the effects of high rates of acceleration and deceleration.
- rocketsonde — a telemeter for gathering data on the atmosphere at very high altitudes, carried aloft by rocket and returned to earth by parachute.
- rodenticide — a substance or preparation for killing rodents.
- roll center — The roll center is the center about which a vehicle body rolls.
- 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 cellar — a cellar, partially or wholly underground and usually covered with dirt, where root crops and other vegetables are stored.
- rope socket — either of a pair of matching fittings fastened to the ends of lengths of wire rope to join them together.
- rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
- route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- rudderstock — the vertical member at the forward edge of a rudder, hinged at the sternpost and attached to the helm or steering gear.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- scare story — A scare story is something that is said or written to make people feel frightened and think that a situation is much more unpleasant or dangerous than it really is.
- scattergood — a spendthrift.
- scattershot — delivered over a wide area and at random; generalized and indiscriminate: a scattershot attack on the proposed program.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- sclerometer — any instrument for determining with precision the degree of hardness of a substance, especially a mineral, as by measuring the pressure necessary to pierce or scratch it.
- sclerotitis — scleritis.
- sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- scotch rose — a rose, Rosa spinosissima, of Eurasia, having pink, white, or yellow flowers.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- screen shot — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
- screenshort — a screenshot that is shared on a social media website.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- second-rate — of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
- second-tier — not in the first rank
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- selectorate — a body of people responsible for making a selection, esp members of a political party who select candidates for an election
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- serbo-croat — Serbo-Croat is one of the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia.
- seroconvert — (of an individual) to produce antibodies specific to, and in response to the presence in the blood of, a particular antigen, such as a virus or vaccine