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10-letter words containing u, r, i, e, l

  • red squill — a variety of squill whose bulbs are red, used chiefly as a rat poison.
  • refuelling — to supply again with fuel: to refuel an airplane.
  • regularise — to make regular.
  • regularity — usual; normal; customary: to put something in its regular place.
  • regularize — to make regular.
  • regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • regulative — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
  • reillumine — to light up again, to illumine anew, to reillume
  • reissuable — (of notes, bills, money, etc) able to be reissued
  • rejoiceful — to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
  • religieuse — a woman belonging to a religious order, congregation, etc.
  • relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
  • republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
  • repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • requitable — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
  • requiteful — requiting, tending to requite
  • residually — in a residual manner.
  • resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
  • resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
  • reticulate — netted; covered with a network.
  • reutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
  • reutlingen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the Echaz River.
  • revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
  • rhumb line — a curve on the surface of a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle. It is the path taken by a vessel or aircraft that maintains a constant compass direction.
  • rice flour — flour made of finely-ground rice
  • rifle butt — the end of the stock of a rifle
  • ring ouzel — a European thrush, Turdus torquatus, common in rocky areas. The male has a blackish plumage with a white band around the neck and the female is brown
  • ritualised — to practice ritualism.
  • ritualized — to practice ritualism.
  • round file — circular file.
  • rubberlike — resembling rubber
  • rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • rue family — the plant family Rutaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple or compound aromatic leaves, fragrant flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the citruses, the gas plant, Hercules'-club, and rue.
  • rule joint — (in carpentry and joinery) a joint between two hinged pieces, as between the center and end leaves of a table, consisting of a quarter round and fillet fitting against a cove and fillet.
  • run a mile — If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it.
  • russellite — a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
  • russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
  • saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
  • saucerlike — resembling a saucer
  • sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
  • scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
  • secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
  • secularist — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
  • secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
  • secularize — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • slide rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
  • slide-rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
  • slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
  • sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
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