11-letter words containing s, t, e, r, i, l
- 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.
- re-listened — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- real tennis — an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled indoor court with various openings, a sloping-roofed corridor along three sides, and a buttress on the fourth side
- rectiserial — arranged in straight rows
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
- registrable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
- religionist — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
- religiosity — the quality of being religious; piety; devoutness.
- requiteless — without requital; unrequited
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- resentingly — in a resenting manner; resentfully
- residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- resiliently — springing back; rebounding.
- resistingly — in a resisting manner
- resistively — in a resistive manner, with resistance
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- restimulate — to stimulate again, reactivate
- resultative — (in grammar) a phrase which describes the state of a noun by completing the verb phrase
- resultingly — as a result.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- reusability — reuse
- 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
- revitalised — to give new life to.
- revivalists — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- satirizable — able to be satirized or ridiculed
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- sclerotitis — scleritis.
- sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- secretarial — noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- secretively — having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: He seems secretive about his new job.
- selectorial — of or relating to selections or selectors