11-letter words containing r, i, t, e, o
- riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
- river otter — a North American otter, Lutra canadensis, with brown and silver fur, native to streams and lakes in the U.S. and Canada.
- river-mouth — an estuary
- riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
- rivet joint — a join made by use of rivets
- 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.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rodenticide — a substance or preparation for killing rodents.
- roentgenium — a superheavy, synthetic radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rg; atomic number: 111.
- roentgenize — to subject to the action of x-rays.
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- 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.
- rooibos tea — tea prepared from any of several species of Borbonia or Aspalanthus, believed to have tonic properties
- roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
- roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
- root bridge — (communications, hardware, networking) A bridge which continuously transmits network topology information to other bridges, using the spanning tree protocol, in order to notify all other bridges on the network when topology changes are required. This means that a network is able to reconfigure itself whenever a network link (e.g. another bridge) fails, so an alternative path can be found. The presence of a root bridge also prevents loops from forming in the network. The root bridge is where the paths that frames take through the network they are assigned. It should be located centrally on the network to provide the shortest path to other links on the network. Unlike other bridges, the root bridge always forwards frames out over all of its ports. Every network should only have one root bridge. It should have the lowest bridge ID number.
- root ginger — the rhizome of the ginger plant.
- rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
- rose-tinted — excessively optimistic
- rousseauist — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- routineness — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- 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.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- second-tier — not in the first rank
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- seismometer — a seismograph equipped for measuring the direction, intensity, and duration of earthquakes by measuring the actual movement of the ground.
- seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- sesostris i — 20th century bc, king of Egypt of the 12th dynasty. He conquered Nubia and brought ancient Egypt to the height of its prosperity. The funerary complex at Lisht was built during his reign
- set fire to — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- set on fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- shergottite — a type of igneous rock or meteorite thought to originate on Mars