13-letter words containing t, o, r, i, e
- retranslation — the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
- retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
- retroflection — a bending backward.
- retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
- retrogressive — characterized by retrogression; degenerating.
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- retrospection — the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
- retrospective — directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- reutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- revaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- reverberation — a reechoed sound.
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
- revolutionize — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- rhodochrosite — a mineral, manganese carbonate, MnCO 3 , commonly containing some iron and calcium, and usually rose-red in color: a minor ore of manganese; manganese spar.
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- ride the rods — to steal a ride on a freight train
- right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
- right to life — When people talk about an unborn baby's right to life, they mean that a baby has the right to be born, even if it has a severe disability or if its mother does not want it.
- right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
- right-to-life — pertaining to or advocating laws making abortion, especially abortion-on-demand, illegal; antiabortion: right-to-life advocates.
- righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
- road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
- robbe-grillet — Alain [a-lan] /aˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1922–2008, French writer.
- rocket engine — a reaction engine that produces a thrust due to an exhaust consisting entirely of material, as oxidizer, fuel, and inert matter, that has been carried with the engine in the vehicle it propels, none of the propellant being derived from the medium through which the vehicle moves.
- rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
- role conflict — emotional conflict arising when competing demands are made on an individual in the fulfillment of his or her multiple social roles.
- rolling stone — person: nomadic
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- rotary engine — an engine, as a turbine, in which the impelling fluid produces torque directly rather than by acting upon reciprocating parts.
- rotary tiller — rototiller.
- rotation-axes — a process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes making a specified angle with and having the same origin as the original axes.
- rote learning — memorization by repetition
- rouge et noir — a gambling game using cards, played at a table marked with two red and two black diamond-shaped spots on which the players place their stakes.
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- round-tripper — a home run.
- rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged