11-letter words containing s, e, r, o, a
- rain forest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- rap session — a usually informal or unstructured group discussion, attended especially by people with shared interests, concerns, or problems.
- raster font — bitmap font
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- razor shell — any of various sand-burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Ensis and Solen, which have a long tubular shell
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- re-forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- reaccession — (of a position of power) the process of acceding again
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionist — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- read-across — a correlation or relationship between two separate things
- readmission — 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.
- reaganomics — the economic policies put forth by the administration of President Ronald Reagan, especially as emphasizing supply-side theory.
- reascension — the process or act of reascending
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- reasonings' — the act or process of a person who reasons.
- reassertion — a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason: a mere assertion; an unwarranted assertion.
- reassociate — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- reinstation — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
- remonstrant — remonstrating; expostulatory.
- remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- repair shop — garage, body shop: for vehicles
- reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- reservation — the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- reservatory — any place where reserves or stores are kept, esp of food and/or water; esp, a reservoir
- resignation — the act of resigning.
- resocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- restationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- restoration — the act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablishment.
- restorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- resveratrol — a compound found in red grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and certain plants, used medicinally as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retinispora — any member of the genus Retinispora, of conifers which grow in the east of Asia and in the east and west of North America
- retransform — to transform back, again or differently
- retrosexual — a heterosexual man who spends little time and money on his personal appearance
- retroussage — the technique or action, in etching or engraving, of drawing up ink from within the incised lines of an inked plate by deftly passing a soft cloth across its surface in order to spread ink to the adjacent areas.
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- revisionary — the act or work of revising.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rhône-alpes — a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère