10-letter words starting with r
- re-execute — to carry out; accomplish: to execute a plan or order.
- re-exhibit — to exhibit again
- re-explain — to explain again or in a different way
- re-explore — to explore again
- re-express — to express again or in a different way
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- re-imagine — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- re-immerse — to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- re-invoked — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- re-planned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- re-plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- re-present — to present again or anew.
- re-soluble — able to be redissolved.
- rea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- reaccredit — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- reacquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- reactional — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- reactivate — to render active again; revive.
- reactively — tending to react.
- reactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- read up on — If you read up on a subject, you read a lot about it so that you become informed about it.
- readership — the people who read or are thought to read a particular book, newspaper, magazine, etc.: The periodical has a dwindling readership.
- readjusted — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- readmitted — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- readoption — the adoption of something or someone again
- ready meal — convenience food: frozen dinner
- ready room — a room in which members of an aircrew await their orders for takeoff.
- ready-made — made in advance for sale to any purchaser, rather than to order: a ready-made coat.
- reaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- reafforest — to replant (an area that was formerly forested)
- real video — (video, compression) A lossy video compression format from Real Media.
- real wages — wages evaluated with reference to their purchasing power rather than to the money actually paid
- real world — the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.: recent college graduates looking for jobs in the real world of rising unemployment.
- reality tv — reality television: unscripted programs
- realizable — practicable, achievable
- reallocate — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- reanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- reannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- reappraise — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- reapproach — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- reapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- rear guard — a military detachment to protect the rear of a main force or body
- rear light — vehicle's tail or back light
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- rear wheel — any wheel at the back of a motor vehicle
- rear-ender — an accident in which a vehicle or other conveyance has run into the rear of another.
- rearmament — to arm again.
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reasonably — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.