10-letter words containing r, e, p, u
- rampasture — a large attic room.
- rapporteur — a person responsible for compiling reports and presenting them, as to a governing body.
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- re-plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- read up on — If you read up on a subject, you read a lot about it so that you become informed about it.
- recapturer — a person who recaptures something or someone
- recomputed — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- recoupment — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- recuperate — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- red spruce — a spruce, Picea rubens, of eastern North America, having reddish-brown bark and cones and yielding a light, soft wood used for pulp, in the construction of boxes, etc.
- regrouping — to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
- repetiteur — the vocal coach of an opera chorus.
- repopulate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- repoussoir — a figure or object in the extreme foreground: used as a contrast and to increase the illusion of depth.
- reproducer — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- repugnance — the state of being repugnant.
- repugnancy — the state of being repugnant.
- repurchase — to buy again; regain by purchase.
- reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- reputative — reputed, putative, regarded as such
- reputeless — without repute; ignominious
- respectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- rudderpost — the vertical member of a stern frame on which the rudder is hung; a sternpost.
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- runners-up — the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- rupestrine — living or growing on or among rocks.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- russophobe — a person who hates or fears Russia or the Russians.
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- screwed up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.
- sculptress — a woman who practices the art of sculpture.
- sculptured — having a surface or shape molded, marked, carved, indented, etc., by or as if by sculpture: sculptured leather belts.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- sepultural — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.