13-letter words starting with r

re-admittance — permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.
re-alienation — the act of alienating, or of causing someone to become indifferent or hostile: The advocacy group fights against prejudice and social alienation of immigrants.
re-allocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
re-appearance — the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public: the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso in Aïda; her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.
re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
re-assessment — the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.
re-collection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
re-employment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
re-engagement — the reinstatement of an employee
re-enlistment — the act or state of being re-enlisted into the armed forces
re-enrollment — the act or process of enrolling.
re-entry visa — a visa that allows someone to enter a country again several times
re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
re-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
re-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
re-indictment — an act of indicting.
re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
re-instructed — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
re-prioritize — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
re-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
reacclimatize — to acclimatize or become acclimatized again
reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
reaction rate — The reaction rate is the speed at which a reaction happens, measured by the speed at which the feed is consumed or the speed at which the product is formed.
reaction time — the interval between stimulation and response.
reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
read a lesson — to censure or reprimand, esp in a long-winded manner
reading chair — a chair of the 18th century having an adjustable reading stand attached to the back and a crest rail extending forward on both sides to form armrests, designed to be sat on facing the back.
reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
readjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
ready-to-wear — clothing made in standard sizes; ready-made clothing.
reaffirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
reaggregation — the act or process of reaggregrating something
real presence — the doctrine that the substance of the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist.
real property — an estate or property consisting of lands and of all appurtenances to lands, as buildings, crops, or mineral rights (distinguished from personal property).
real soon now — (jargon, humour) (RSN) A phrase used ironically when you believe an event will take a long or unknown time to occur. The term originated in SF's fanzine community, popularised by Jerry Pournelle's column in BYTE. The phrase can be used, for example, when a manager asks how long it will take you to debug some software and you have no idea. "I'll have it working Real Soon Now."
real variable — a variable to which only real numbers are assigned as values.
realistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
realizability — the ability of something to be realized

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