11-letter words containing t, o, r, s, i, n
- 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
- religionist — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
- reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- reservation — the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- resignation — the act of resigning.
- respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
- restationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- restitution — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
- restoration — the act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablishment.
- restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- 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
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- 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
- revisionist — an advocate of revision, especially of some political or religious doctrine.
- rhinestoned — adorned with rhinestones
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- rion strait — Lepanto (def 3).
- rising trot — a horse's trot in which the rider rises from the saddle every second beat
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- romanticist — an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
- rose-tinted — excessively optimistic
- routineness — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- saint croix — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- second-tier — not in the first rank
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- set on fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
- shirt front — the front of a shirt, especially the part that is exposed when a jacket or vest is worn.