10-letter words containing r, o, u, e
- 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
- 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.
- requestion — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- rescue dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers
- 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.
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- restitutor — a person who makes restitution
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- retributor — a person who retributes
- retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
- reunionist — a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- rice flour — flour made of finely-ground rice
- ring ouzel — a European thrush, Turdus torquatus, common in rocky areas. The male has a blackish plumage with a white band around the neck and the female is brown
- roadrunner — either of two large terrestrial cuckoos of the genus Geococcyx of arid regions of the western U.S., Mexico, and Central America, especially G. californianus (greater roadrunner)
- robustness — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rochambeau — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur [zhahn ba-teest daw-na-syan duh vee-mœr] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ də viˈmœr/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1725–1807, French general: marshal of France 1791–1807; commander of the French army in the American Revolution.
- roche alum — an alumlike substance derived from alunite.
- rocket gun — any weapon that uses a rocket as a projectile, as a rocket launcher or bazooka.
- rogue male — a conventionally masculine man who is a cold-hearted loner
- rogue wave — a random, enormous ocean wave that sometimes travels at an angle to prevailing seas.
- roisterous — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- root cause — origin
- roquelaure — a cloak reaching to the knees, worn by men during the 18th century.
- rough-hewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roughhouse — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
- roughrider — a person who breaks horses to the saddle.
- round file — circular file.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- roundheels — a prostitute.
- roundhouse — a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
- 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
- route-ring — any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- routinized — to develop into a regular procedure.
- royal blue — a deep blue, often with a faint reddish tinge.
- royal duke — a duke who is also a royal prince, being a member of the royal family
- roysterous — boisterous
- rubblework — masonry built of rubble or roughly dressed stones.
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.