12-letter words containing s, e, r, a, n, o
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- radar sensor — a sensor on equipment used in radar, a method for detecting the position and velocity of a distant object
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- reasonlessly — in a reasonless manner
- reassortment — the act of assorting; distribution; classification.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reconsecrate — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
- reestimation — judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
- registration — the act of registering.
- relationless — having no family relations
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- repairperson — a person whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- responsorial — of or relating to response; responsive
- restauration — restoration
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- revisitation — the act of visiting.
- rhode island — US state
- ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- rose diamond — a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- roseate tern — a seabird, Sterna dougallii, of the tern family Sternidae
- royal assent — (in Britain) the formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign, by which it becomes law
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- san bernardo — a city in central Chile, S of Santiago.
- san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.