11-letter words containing u, r, a, s, e
- quarrellous — argumentative or given to complaint
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- quatre bras — a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- quaver rest — a musical rest or silence that lasts for the equivalent of a quaver or eighth note
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- race-course — racetrack.
- racecourses — Plural form of racecourse.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- raptureless — without rapture
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- re-situated — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- reassurance — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reinsurance — the process or business of reinsuring.
- repurchaser — to buy again; regain by purchase.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- researchful — (of a book, academic paper etc) full of research, containing or built upon a great deal of research
- restaurants — an establishment where meals are served to customers.
- restimulate — to stimulate again, reactivate
- resultantly — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- resultative — (in grammar) a phrase which describes the state of a noun by completing the verb phrase
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- resuscitate — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- retrosexual — a heterosexual man who spends little time and money on his personal appearance
- retroussage — the technique or action, in etching or engraving, of drawing up ink from within the incised lines of an inked plate by deftly passing a soft cloth across its surface in order to spread ink to the adjacent areas.
- reusability — reuse
- revisualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rhesus baby — a baby suffering from haemolytic disease at birth as its red blood cells (which are Rh positive) have been attacked in the womb by antibodies from its Rh negative mother
- rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
- rose quartz — a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- rousseauism — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- rousseauist — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- rugosa rose — a shrub, Rosa rugosa, having densely bristled stems, wrinkled leaves, and fragrant red or white flowers.
- rumble seat — Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sacré coeur — a basilica in Montmartre, Paris, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- sage grouse — a large grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, of the sagebrush regions of western North America, having plumage of gray, buff, and black.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sand grouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.