10-letter words containing a, d, e, s
- push ahead — move sth forward
- push aside — shove to one side
- push media — (messaging) A model of media distribution where items of content are sent to the user (viewer, listener, etc.) in a sequence, and at a rate, determined by a server to which the user has connected. This contrasts with pull media where the user requests each item individually. Push media usually entail some notion of a "channel" which the user selects and which delivers a particular kind of content. Broadcast television is (for the most part) the prototypical example of push media: you turn on the TV set, select a channel and shows and commercials stream out until you turn the set off. By contrast, the web is (mostly) the prototypical example of pull media: each "page", each bit of content, comes to the user only if he requests it; put down the keyboard and the mouse, and everything stops. At the time of writing (April 1997), much effort is being put into blurring the line between push media and pull media. Most of this is aimed at bringing more push media to the Internet, mainly as a way to disseminate advertising, since telling people about products they didn't know they wanted is very difficult in a strict pull media model. These emergent forms of push media are generally variations on targeted advertising mixed in with bits of useful content. "At home on your computer, the same system will run soothing screensavers underneath regular news flashes, all while keeping track, in one corner, of press releases from companies whose stocks you own. With frequent commercial messages, of course." (Wired, March 1997, page 12). As part of the eternal desire to apply a fun new words to boring old things, "push" is occasionally used to mean nothing more than email spam.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadrilles — Plural form of quadrille.
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quadrupeds — Plural form of quadruped.
- quadruples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple.
- quandaries — Plural form of quandary.
- quasiorder — (set theory) A preorder.
- queensland — a state in NE Australia. 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Capital: Brisbane.
- quesadilla — a tortilla folded over a filling of shredded cheese, onions, and chilies and broiled or fried.
- racialised — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
- radicalise — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- radiosonde — an instrument that is carried aloft by a balloon to send back information on atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity by means of a small radio transmitter.
- raised bog — a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat
- randomness — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- randomwise — in a random manner
- rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
- re-advised — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- 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.
- reassessed — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- red guards — a member of a Chinese Communist youth movement in the late 1960s, committed to the militant support of Mao Zedong.
- red salmon — sockeye salmon.
- red shanks — herb Robert.
- red square — a large, open square in central Moscow, adjacent to the Kremlin: site of military parades, Lenin's tomb, and St. Basil's cathedral.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- reed grass — a tall perennial grass, Glyceria maxima, of rivers and ponds of Europe, Asia, and Canada
- regardless — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- reinstated — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- remediates — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- researched — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- residually — in a residual manner.
- restrained — characterized by restraint: The actor gave a restrained performance.
- resurfaced — to give a new surface to.
- rh disease — erythroblastosis (def 2).
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- ride-share — of or relating to the sharing of rides or transportation, especially among commuters: The agency was set up to devise a ridesharing program.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- riverwards — towards a river
- road sense — the ability to be a safe driver or pedestrian
- roberdsman — a robber
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.