10-letter words containing r, o, l, e, t
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- resolutely — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- restorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- retroviral — A retroviral is any one of a group of viruses, many of which produce tumors, that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase (= an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA), including the virus that causes AIDS.
- revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revelatory — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- ripidolite — a mineral of the chlorite group, essentially hydrated magnesium and aluminum silicate with some ferrous iron.
- ritornello — an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in 17th-century opera.
- road metal — broken stone, cinders, etc., used for making roads.
- rodentlike — belonging or pertaining to the gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia, including the mice, squirrels, beavers, etc.
- rondoletto — a name given to the third movement of a symphony
- root field — a field containing a given field in which every polynomial can be written as the product of linear factors.
- roscoelite — a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.
- rostellate — having a rostellum.
- rototiller — a motorized device having spinning blades perpendicular to the ground and arranged like spokes, used for tilling soil.
- rottweiler — one of a German breed of large, powerful dogs having a short, coarse, black coat with tan to brown markings.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- rule joint — (in carpentry and joinery) a joint between two hinged pieces, as between the center and end leaves of a table, consisting of a quarter round and fillet fitting against a cove and fillet.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
- saltarello — a lively Italian dance for one person or a couple.
- sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- sclerotome — Embryology. the part of a mesodermal somite contributing to the development of the vertebrae and ribs.
- sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- sell short — having little length; not long.
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- serologist — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- settle for — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- short-life — not designed to last
- siderolite — stony-iron meteorite.
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- sitosterol — any of five steroid alcohols having the formula C 2 2 H 5 0 O, especially the beta form, obtained from various plant sources: used in organic synthesis.
- slot meter — a meter into which coins are inserted, in advance, to pay for electricity (as opposed to a meter that records the amount of electricity the customer has used, for which they are later billed, usually each quarter)
- slot racer — slot car.
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.