14-letter words containing a, m, o, r, i
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- radiotelemeter — the equipment used for radiotelemetry
- radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramos gin fizz — a cocktail of gin, egg white, lime and lemon juice, sugar, and cream, shaken with ice and often topped with soda or seltzer.
- ramshorn snail — any of various freshwater snails
- 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.
- re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- re-enumeration — an act of enumerating.
- reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
- reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
- recommendation — an act of recommending.
- reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- reimplantation — the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.
- relative major — the major key whose tonic is the third degree of a given minor key.
- relative minor — the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.
- remobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- remonstrations — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remoralization — the act of instilling with morals again; the act of making moral again
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- restorationism — belief in a future life in which human beings will be restored to a state of perfection and happiness
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- retransmission — the act or process of transmitting.
- rhaeto-romanic — a Romance language consisting of Friulian, Tyrolese, Ladin, and the Romansh dialects.
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- rhombic aerial — a directional travelling-wave aerial, usually horizontal, consisting of two conductors each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombus
- rock formation — rock that is arranged or formed in a certain way
- rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
- roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- roman catholic — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
- rosicrucianism — the practices or principles of Rosicrucians.
- rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
- royal marriage — a meld of the king and queen of trumps, as in pinochle. Compare marriage (def 9).
- runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
- saigo takamori — 1828–77, Japanese samurai, who led (1868) the coup that restored imperial government. In 1877 he reluctantly led a samurai rebellion, committing suicide when it failed
- salvation army — an international Christian organization founded in England in 1865 by William Booth, organized along quasi-military lines and devoted chiefly to evangelism and to providing social services, especially to the poor.
- sarcocarcinoma — carcinosarcoma.
- scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.