10-letter words containing r, e, g, i
- rappelling — (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- ratemaking — the process or practice of establishing rates of payment, especially for public transportation or utilities.
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- re-imagine — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- rear light — vehicle's tail or back light
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- rebirthing — a form of psychotherapy in which the subject supposedly "relives" the experience of being born, in order to confront and overcome traumas and anxieties stemming from birth
- reblocking — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- rebranding — marketing sth under new image
- rebuilding — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
- rebukingly — in a severe and disapproving manner
- receipting — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- rechipping — action of changing the electronic identity of a stolen mobile phone
- recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizee — the person to whom an obligation is owed in a recognizance.
- recognizes — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizor — a person who enters into a recognizance.
- recounting — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- recovering — returning to health after illness or debility, such as alcohol or drug addiction
- recruiting — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- red ensign — the ensign of the British Merchant Navy, having the Union Jack on a red background at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist
- red-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the latter part of the 6th and the 5th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by figurative representations in red against a black-slip background, details painted in the design, and the introduction of three-dimensional illusion in the rendering of form and space.
- redefining — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- redividing — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- redressing — to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.).
- reemerging — to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity: a ghost emerging from the grave; a ship emerging from the fog.
- reenacting — to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- reengineer — to engineer anew: to reengineer a motor to make it more efficient.
- reflecting — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- refracting — undergoing or causing refraction
- refraining — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- refreshing — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- refringent — refracting; refractive.
- refuelling — to supply again with fuel: to refuel an airplane.
- refugeeism — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- regainment — the act or process of regaining something
- regelation — a phenomenon in which the freezing point of water is lowered by the application of pressure; the melting and refreezing of ice, at constant temperature, caused by varying the pressure.
- regimental — of or relating to a regiment.
- regimented — Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- regionally — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- registered — recorded, as in a register or book; enrolled.
- registerer — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
- registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
- registrate — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- regression — the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
- regressive — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.