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16-letter words containing a, m, e, n, d, t

  • predetermination — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
  • promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
  • pulse modulation — a type of modulation in which a train of pulses is used as the carrier wave, one or more of its parameters, such as amplitude, being modulated or modified in order to carry information
  • punitive damages — law: penalty payment
  • radium emanation — (formerly) radon.
  • reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • relational model — relational data model
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
  • rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • second amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing the right to keep and bear arms as necessary to maintain a state militia.
  • second-story man — a burglar who enters through an upstairs window.
  • secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
  • sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • self-advancement — an act of moving forward.
  • self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
  • situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
  • snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
  • sonata da camera — an instrumental musical form, common in the Baroque period, usually consisting of a series of dances.
  • stand to someone — to be useful to someone
  • standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
  • state department — state (def 12).
  • state-maintained — publicly funded
  • storm and stress — Sturm und Drang.
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • summary judgment — a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
  • summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
  • sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
  • sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
  • tandem computers — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
  • tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
  • ten commandments — Bible: instructions given to Moses
  • tequendama falls — a waterfall in central Colombia, on the Bogota River, SW of Bogota. 515 feet (157 meters) high.
  • terminal adaptor — (networking, hardware)   (TA) Equipment used to adapt Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment standards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor is typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX). A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it replaces it.
  • terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
  • the england team — any sports team representing England, esp the England football team.
  • the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
  • the mekong delta — the area where the Mekong River empties into the sea through distributaries
  • three-card monte — a gambling game in which the players are shown three cards and bet that they can identify one particular card of the three, as stipulated by the dealer, after the cards have been moved around face down by the dealer.
  • tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
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