10-letter words containing r, o, t, a, u
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- refutation — an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- regulatory — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- remodulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- repopulate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- 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.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- rightabout — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- rio cuarto — a city in central Argentina.
- riot squad — a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
- root cause — origin
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- roundabout — circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- rouseabout — an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed
- roustabout — a wharf laborer or deck hand, as on the Mississippi River.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rubythroat — a ruby-throated hummingbird
- ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
- rumination — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rusticator — to go to the country.
- salutatory — pertaining to or of the nature of a salutation.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- saturation — the act or process of saturating.
- scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
- scoutcraft — practice of or skill at scouting.
- search out — hunt for, seek
- securocrat — a military or police officer who has the power to influence government policy
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- smartmouth — a witty or sarcastic person
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- souari nut — the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
- soubresaut — a jump performed with the legs held together and the body erect but slightly curved to the side.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spread out — extend, splay
- squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- star route — former name for highway contract route.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- strasbourg — a department in NE France. 1848 sq. mi. (4785 sq. km). Capital: Strasbourg.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation