10-Letter Nouns Starting With R

1. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

2. the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together

1. a building where people go to eat

1. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

2. activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation

1. an authoritative command

2. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

1. the state of being retired from one's business or occupation

2. withdrawal from your position or occupation

1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

1. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

2. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

1. an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)

1. the state of being held in high esteem and honor

2. notoriety for some particular characteristic

1. the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

2. someone who responds

1. the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

2. the act of changing your residence or place of business

1. a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

2. a person to whom a secret is entrusted

1. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

2. the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface

1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

1. a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

1. the speech act of making something evident

2. an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

1. (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

2. (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance

1. (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

2. repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

1. the act of improving by renewing and restoring

2. the state of being restored to its former good condition

1. something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else

2. (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7

1. building again

1. a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate

1. the act of controlling or directing according to rule

1. a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views

1. a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing)

1. a forest with heavy annual rainfall

1. repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission

2. the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded

1. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

2. the result of improving something

1. a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby)

1. a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second

1. the state of being cancelled or annulled

2. the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done

1. an event that repeats

2. the act of doing or performing again

1. (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts

2. the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else

1. the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation

2. a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule

1. happening again (especially at regular intervals)

1. a state of forcible subjugation

2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

1. an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste

1. responsive to stimulation

2. ready susceptibility to chemical change

1. a meeting planned at a certain time and place

2. a place where people meet

1. the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)

1. the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit

2. an occurrence of rebounding or springing back

1. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

2. a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement

1. the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

2. the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge

1. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

2. a certain degree of unwillingness

1. a container that is used to put or keep things in

2. enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

1. the act of purchasing back something previously sold

1. contemplation of things past

1. remorse for your past conduct

1. a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings

1. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

1. lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace

1. a payment of money sent to a person in another place

1. a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

2. the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate

1. a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration

2. a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases

1. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work

2. the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

1. a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat

1. speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas

1. beginning again

1. bringing again into activity and prominence

1. written matter that is recited from memory

2. a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

1. training for a new occupation

1. the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another

2. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

1. a course over which races are run

1. an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns

2. a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats

1. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

2. the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back

1. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved

1. election again

1. a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss

1. massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout

1. any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues

2. a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint

1. depositing in a warehouse

1. an occurrence of rebounding or springing back

2. the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit

1. compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

2. (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

1. a rearrangement in a different order

1. (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made

1. habitual relapse into crime

1. workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives

2. a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing

1. an act of narration

1. a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale

1. meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic)

1. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

2. any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

1. the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society

1. payment or reward (as for service rendered)

2. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

1. the act of marrying again

1. assembling again

1. the property of being remote

2. a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

1. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

2. the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category

1. the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation

1. any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell

1. the act of umpiring

1. the person in charge of performances in a circus ring

1. a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)

1. any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings

1. an employee of a railroad

1. focusing again

1. a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)

1. the property of being big and strong

2. the quality of being topologically uneven

1. a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored