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14-letter words containing t, o, r, i, e

  • relative major — the major key whose tonic is the third degree of a given minor key.
  • relative minor — the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.
  • relativization — to regard as or make relative.
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • relocatability — constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular: relocatable classroom units.
  • remobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
  • remonstrations — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
  • remoralization — the act of instilling with morals again; the act of making moral again
  • remote sensing — the science of gathering data on an object or area from a considerable distance, as with radar or infrared photography, to observe the earth or a heavenly body.
  • reorganization — the act or process of reorganizing; state of being reorganized.
  • repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
  • report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • representation — the act of representing.
  • repristination — the restoration of something to its original condition; the act of making something pristine again
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
  • requisitioning — the act of requiring or demanding.
  • requisitionist — a person who requisitions; a person who makes a requisition
  • reregistration — the act of registering.
  • reservationist — a person who makes or takes reservations, as at an airline office; reservation clerk.
  • resinification — to convert into a resin.
  • resojet engine — a type of pulsejet engine that burns a continuous flow of fuel but delivers a pulsating thrust due to the resonance of shock waves traveling through it.
  • resolicitation — the act of soliciting.
  • responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
  • restorationism — belief in a future life in which human beings will be restored to a state of perfection and happiness
  • restrictionism — a policy, especially by a national government or legislative body, of enacting restrictions on the amount of imported goods, immigration, etc.
  • restrictionist — a policy, especially by a national government or legislative body, of enacting restrictions on the amount of imported goods, immigration, etc.
  • resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • retaliationist — a retaliator
  • retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
  • retransmission — the act or process of transmitting.
  • retrocognition — the paranormal ability or occurrence of seeing into the past
  • retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
  • retrodirective — (of a mirror, reflector, etc.) having three reflecting surfaces so oriented that a ray of light is reflected in a direction parallel but opposite to its original direction.
  • retrogradation — backward movement.
  • reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
  • reverification — the act of verifying.
  • revitalization — to give new life to.
  • revivification — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
  • revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • revolutionizer — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • rhaeto-romanic — a Romance language consisting of Friulian, Tyrolese, Ladin, and the Romansh dialects.
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • rhythm section — band instruments, as drums or bass, that supply rhythm rather than harmony or melody.
  • ribeirao preto — a city in SE Brazil.
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • ride at anchor — to be anchored
  • ride to hounds — to take part in a fox hunt with hounds
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