10-letter words starting with r
- ratskeller — the cellar of a town hall, esp one used as a beer hall or restaurant
- rattle off — If you rattle off something, you say it or do it very quickly and without much effort.
- rattlehead — a rattlebrain.
- rattlepate — a rattlebrain.
- rattletrap — a shaky, rattling object, as a rickety vehicle.
- rattlingly — in a way that rattles
- ravagement — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- raw sienna — a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- rawalpindi — a city in N Pakistan: former provisional capital.
- rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- ray floret — one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
- ray flower — one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
- razor burn — soreness on the face caused by shaving
- razor clam — any of several rapidly burrowing clams (esp. family Solenidae) of sandy beaches, having elongated, narrow shells somewhat resembling a straight razor
- razor edge — a very sharp edge given to a blade
- razor wire — concertina wire.
- razor-thin — A razor-thin majority or profit is a very small one.
- razorblade — a sharp-edged metal blade for use in a razor.
- razzmatazz — razzle-dazzle (def 1).
- re-adjourn — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- re-advised — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- re-analyse — to analyse (something) again
- re-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- re-animate — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- re-apparel — to clothe (someone or something) again
- re-approve — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- re-arousal — arousal for a second or further time
- re-arrange — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- re-attempt — to attempt (something) again
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- re-baptize — to baptize (someone) again
- re-collect — to collect, gather, or assemble again (something scattered).
- re-consent — to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive): He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented.
- re-contact — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- re-discuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- re-edition — a new edition
- re-educate — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- re-elevate — to move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.
- re-embrace — to embrace again
- re-emitted — to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- re-enactor — a person who re-enacts something
- re-enforce — to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- re-engrave — to engrave again
- re-enlarge — to enlarge again
- re-enslave — to enslave again
- re-entrant — reentering or pointing inward: a reentrant angle.
- re-examine — to examine again.