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12-letter words containing r, i, c, e, o, a

  • reciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • reciprocator — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
  • reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • recoronation — the act or ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or other sovereign.
  • recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
  • rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
  • recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
  • redecoration — something used for decorating; adornment; embellishment: The gymnasium was adorned with posters and crepe-paper decorations for the dance.
  • rededication — the act of dedicating.
  • renunciation — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
  • renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
  • reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
  • resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
  • reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
  • retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
  • retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
  • rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
  • 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.
  • rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
  • rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
  • 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.
  • romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
  • rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
  • sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
  • saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
  • scatteration — the act of scattering.
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
  • scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
  • sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
  • secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
  • seroreaction — any reaction occurring in serum.
  • service road — frontage road.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
  • social order — structure or hierarchy of society
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