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11-letter words containing t, e, r, h

  • reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • redhibition — the nullification of a sale because of a defect in the article sold of such nature as to make it totally or virtually unusable or as to have prevented the purchase if known to the buyer.
  • redhibitory — the nullification of a sale because of a defect in the article sold of such nature as to make it totally or virtually unusable or as to have prevented the purchase if known to the buyer.
  • redshirting — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
  • reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • refreshment — something that refreshes, especially food or drink.
  • rehydration — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
  • rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
  • reject shop — a shop that sells damaged or imperfect products that cannot be sold at the full price
  • remote echo — (communications)   (Obsolete: "full-duplex") A mode of operation of communicating programs or devices in which the sending system does not display the characters the user enters, but only sends them to the remote system which then "echoes" them back to be displayed to the user. This lets the operator see not only typing errors, but also transmission errors. This is now the usual mode of most systems with remote users. Contrast: local echo.
  • resynthesis — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
  • retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
  • retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
  • retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
  • return half — the return part of a two-way ticket
  • reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • rh negative — See under Rh factor.
  • rh positive — See under Rh factor.
  • rh-negative — See under Rh factor.
  • rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
  • rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
  • rhetorician — an expert in the art of rhetoric.
  • rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
  • rhinestoned — adorned with rhinestones
  • rhymesters' — a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
  • rich object — In artificial intelligence, an object which cannot be completely described or represented but about which assertions can be made.
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
  • right brace — (character)   "}". ASCII character 125. Common names: close brace; right brace; right squiggly; right squiggly bracket/brace; right curly bracket/brace; ITU-T: closing brace. Rare: unbrace; uncurly; rytit ("" = leftit); right squirrelly; {INTERCAL: bracelet ("" = embrace).

    Paired with {left brace

  • right field — the area of the outfield to the right of center field, as viewed from home plate.
  • right heart — the half of the heart, containing the right ventricle and right atrium, which supplies dark-red, oxygen-deficient venous blood to the lungs for oxygenation
  • right money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
  • right stage — the part of the stage that is right of center as one faces the audience.
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
  • rinthereout — a vagrant or homeless person
  • riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
  • river-mouth — an estuary
  • riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
  • roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
  • rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
  • roh tae woo — born 1932, president of South Korea 1988–93.
  • room father — a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
  • room mother — a female volunteer, often the mother of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
  • roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
  • rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
  • rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
  • rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
  • route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
  • rude health — If someone is in rude health, they are strong and healthy.
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