12-letter words starting with r
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- readjudicate — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
- ready-cooked — (of food or food products) cooked before it is sold
- ready-to-eat — (of a meal or food product) prepared or cooked in advance, with no further cooking or preparation required before being eaten
- ready-witted — having a quick wit or intelligence.
- real nappies — resuable cloth nappies
- real storage — (in a virtual storage system) the portion of addressable memory that consists of main storage.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- reallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- reannexation — the act or process of reannexing something
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- reappearance — 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.
- rear admiral — U.S. Navy, Coast Guard. a commissioned officer next in rank below a vice-admiral.
- rear echelon — (in a military operation) the troops, officers, etc., removed from the combat zone and responsible for administration, matériel, etc.
- rear-engined — (of a vehicle) with the engine at the back
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- rearticulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- reasonlessly — in a reasonless manner
- reassemblage — a new or further gathering or collection
- reassessment — the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
- reassimilate — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- reassortment — the act of assorting; distribution; classification.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reassurement — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reattachment — connecting or fastening again
- reattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- recalcitrant — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- recalcitrate — to resist or oppose; show strong objection or repugnance.
- recalescence — a brightening exhibited by cooling iron as latent heat of transformation is liberated.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recapitalize — to renew or change the capital of.
- recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
- recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- receipt book — book containing receipt slips
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- recentralize — to draw to or gather about a center.
- recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
- receptacular — having the nature of, or serving as, a receptacle
- receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
- receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.