14-letter words containing a, d, r, e, n, o
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
- rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
- rationalized c — (language) (RatC, after "RATFOR") A version of Ron Cain's original Small-C compiler.
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- reading notice — a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.
- readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
- recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
- recommendation — an act of recommending.
- recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
- recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
- record changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
- record company — business: sells recorded music
- record-changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
- recording head — the part of a tape recorder that records a sound source by converting the electrical analog of the sound, as from a microphone, into a magnetic signal for storage on magnetic tape.
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
- redintegration — the act or process of redintegrating.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- reindoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- retrogradation — backward movement.
- rhode islander — a person born or living in Rhode Island
- ride at anchor — to be anchored
- ride on a rail — to place on a rail and carry out of the community: extralegal punishment in which the victim was usually tarred and feathered beforehand
- rio de janeiro — a state in SE Brazil. 452 sq. mi. (1170 sq. km). Capital: Rio de Janeiro.
- road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
- roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
- san bernardino — a city in S California.
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.