10-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- right-hand — on the right.
- right-laid — noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a right-handed, or clockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to left-laid).
- rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- riot squad — a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
- ritardando — becoming gradually slower
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- ritualized — to practice ritualism.
- road agent — (formerly) a highwayman, especially along stagecoach routes in the western U.S.
- road atlas — a book of maps showing roads, designed for drivers
- road metal — broken stone, cinders, etc., used for making roads.
- road train — a convoy of motor vehicles.
- road-train — a convoy of motor vehicles.
- roadworthy — in suitable operating condition or meeting accepted standards for safe driving on the road: a roadworthy automobile.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- roundabout — circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- saddletree — the frame of a saddle.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
- saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
- scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
- scratchpad — pad of paper for rough notes
- segregated — characterized by or practicing racial segregation: a segregated school system.
- shade tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
- shade-tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
- shear stud — a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
- short-hand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- short-laid — hard-laid.
- shortboard — a type of surfboard that is shorter than standard
- shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
- siddhartha — an epithet of Buddha meaning “he who has attained his goal.”.
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- siderostat — a telescopic device for reflecting the light of a star in a constant direction, the chief component of which is a plane mirror turned by a clock mechanism to correct for the rotation of the earth.
- sidestream — (of cigarette smoke) inhaled by passive smokers
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smart card — a small plastic card embedded with a memory chip and often a microprocessor, used for financial transactions, identification, as a key, etc.
- smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
- smartdrive — (storage, product) A Microsoft MS DOS disk cache program to speed up disk access. For most users, a 1MB cache is sufficient. Devoting more memory to the cache offers diminishing returns, since the additional cache hits become fewer (and the extra memory could be better used to reduce swapping). Typing SMARTDRV /S at a DOS prompt shows the cache size, a hit-and-miss report, and information about which drives are being cached. The hit-and-miss statistics are crucial for gauging the effectiveness of SmartDrive settings. A score in the high 80s shows that SmartDrive is well configured. Run SMARTDRV /S several times during a Windows session and note the-hit-and-miss figures each time. If your percentage usually falls below 80 percent, you should consider increasing the cache size. You can edit the SMARTDRV line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to increase both the InitCacheSize and the WinCacheSize parameters. SmartDrive Monitor is an undocumented Windows program that comes with DOS 6.0 for logging and controling the cache.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.