12-letter words starting with r
- right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
- rights issue — Finance; offering of new shares to existing holders
- rigid motion — any transformation, as a translation or rotation, of a set such that the distance between points is preserved.
- rigor mortis — the stiffening of the body after death.
- rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
- rim lighting — backlighting.
- rimmed steel — a low-carbon steel containing enough iron oxide so that there is continuous generation of carbon monoxide during solidification.
- ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- ring circuit — an electrical system in which distribution points are connected to the main supply in a continuous closed circuit
- ring knocker — a commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces who is a graduate of a military academy.
- ring machine — a Linotype used primarily for making corrections.
- ring network — (networking, topology) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
- ring of fire — the linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the Pacific Plate.
- ring spanner — tool for turning screws
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- ringing tone — phone: sound indicating connection is made
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- riot control — the activity of quelling or containing a riot
- ripe old age — advanced age
- rising hinge — a gravity hinge causing a door, shutter, etc., to rise slightly when opened.
- risk capital — venture capital.
- risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
- risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
- risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
- river forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- river nelson — a river in central Canada, in N central Manitoba, flowing from Lake Winnipeg northeast to Hudson Bay. Length: about 650 km (400 miles)
- road company — a theatrical group that tours cities and towns, usually performing a single play that is or has been a success in New York City.
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- road haulier — a person who owns or works for a road haulage company; a trucker
- road manager — The road manager of someone such as a singer or sports player is the person who organizes their travel and other arrangements during a tour.
- road pricing — Road pricing is a system of making drivers pay money for driving on certain roads by electronically recording the movement of vehicles on those roads.
- road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
- road sweeper — a person who sweeps roads
- road traffic — traffic on the road
- road warrior — a person who travels extensively, as on business trips
- roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
- robber baron — History/Historical. a noble who robbed travelers passing through his lands.
- robert emmet — Robert, 1778–1803, Irish patriot.
- robert hooke — Robert, 1635–1703, English philosopher, microscopist, and physicist.
- robotization — the introduction of robots to carry out industrial tasks
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- rock carving — the practice of carving on rock
- rock chopper — a Roman Catholic
- rock climber — sb who scales mountains
- rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
- rock crystal — transparent quartz, especially when colorless.
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.