12-letter words starting with r
- receptionist — a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- rechargeable — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- recidivistic — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- reciprocally — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- reciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reciprocator — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- recklessness — utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
- recollection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
- recomforture — consolation; comfort
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- recommitment — to commit again.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- reconception — the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- reconnecting — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- reconnection — the act or state of connecting.
- reconsecrate — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- reconvention — an action brought by the defendant in pending litigation against the plaintiff: the defendant's claim must be connected in some way with the subject matter of the plaintiff's action.
- reconversion — to convert again.
- reconveyance — to convey again.
- reconviction — a fixed or firm belief: No clever argument, no persuasive fact or theory could make a dent in his conviction in the rightness of his position.
- record label — recorded music production company
- record store — an outlet that sells recorded music
- record token — a gift voucher that can be used as payment for records of a specified value
- recordholder — a person or thing recognized for the accomplishment of a feat to a better or greater degree than any other.
- recoronation — the act or ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or other sovereign.
- recover-from — to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch.
- recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- recrudescent — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperative — that recuperates.
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- red brigades — an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.
- red crescent — an organization functioning as the Red Cross in Muslim countries.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.