10-letter words containing s, c, i, r, e
- rechristen — to christen or baptize (someone) again
- recidivism — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recidivist — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recidivous — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- reclassify — to classify anew.
- recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizes — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recoilless — having little or no recoil: a recoilless rifle.
- reconciles — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- reconsider — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- redecision — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- redescribe — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- rediscount — to discount again.
- rediscover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- redistrict — to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes.
- reichsbank — the former German national bank.
- reichsmark — the monetary unit of Germany from November, 1924, until 1948. Compare Deutsche mark, mark2 (def 1), ostmark.
- reichstein — Tadeus [tah-dey-oo s] /tɑˈdeɪ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1996, Swiss chemist, born in Poland: Nobel Prize in medicine 1950.
- reichswehr — the 100,000-man army Germany was permitted to maintain under the Versailles Treaty after World War I: the limit was secretly exceeded.
- reincrease — to increase again
- reinscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- reinstruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- reminisced — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- reminiscer — someone who remembers or tells of past events or experiences
- reminisces — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- requiescat — a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.
- rescinding — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- rescission — the act of rescinding.
- rescissory — serving to rescind.
- rescrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- resecuring — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- resilience — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- resiliency — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- resin duct — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
- resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- resorcinol — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- respecting — regarding; concerning.
- respective — pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
- restricted — confined; limited.
- restrictor — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.