12-letter words starting with r
- refrigerated — made frozen or cold, esp for preservative purposes; chilled or frozen
- refrigerator — a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
- refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- refuse chute — a chute in a building which rubbish and waste is thrown down to the main refuse bins, etc
- refuse lorry — a lorry used to collect and dispose of rubbish and waste from homes, etc
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- regenerately — in a regenerate manner
- regeneration — act of regenerating; state of being regenerated.
- regenerative — of, relating to, or characterized by regeneration.
- register set — All a processor's registers. The size and arrangement of a processor's register set is one of the crucial factors in its performance.
- register ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- registration — the act of registering.
- regressivity — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- regrettingly — to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
- regular army — the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.
- regular verb — verb that follows standard conjugation
- regular year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- regurgitated — to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.
- rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
- rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rehydratable — capable of being rehydrated
- reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- reillustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- reimpression — a second or repeated impression.
- reindictment — an act of indicting.
- reinspection — the act or process of reinspecting
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- reinstituted — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- reinvestment — putting money into sth again
- reinvigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvitation — the act of inviting.
- reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
- reiteratedly — in a repetitive or reiterative manner
- rejectamenta — things that have been thrown away as worthless
- rejectionist — an Arab leader or country that opposes accommodation or compromise in negotiations with Israel.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenative — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- relatability — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relationally — in a relational manner
- relationless — having no family relations
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.