17-letter words containing a, r, i, d, t, y
- partially sighted — unable to see properly so that even with corrective aids normal activities are prevented or seriously hindered
- plastics industry — the industry that makes plastics
- pocket dictionary — a small portable dictionary
- predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
- primary dentition — the deciduous dentition
- primary education — junior, elementary schooling
- product liability — the responsibility of a manufacturer for injury or loss caused by its product.
- proprietary brand — a brand of product that is privately owned and controlled
- radial (ply) tire — a motor vehicle tire having a foundation of plies of rubberized cords running at right angles to the center line of the tread: it provides better handling, etc. than a bias ply tire
- radial keratotomy — a surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness by making a series of spokelike incisions in the cornea to change its shape and focusing properties.
- radiant intensity — a measure of the amount of radiation emitted from a point expressed as the radiant flux per unit solid angle leaving this source
- radiation therapy — x-rays used as treatment
- radioactive decay — decay (def 8).
- rapid prototyping — (programming) The creation of a working model of a software module to demonstrate the feasibility and suitability of the function. The prototype is expected to be replaced or refined before inclusion in the final product. Rapid prototyping contrasts with a DIRFT approach which emphasises careful design and implementation to avoid the overheads of debugging and testing prototype code. Rapid prototyping is appropriate when the requirements are unclear or likely to change (which is most of the time).
- read-write memory — a type of computer memory that you can write to as well as read from
- ready and waiting — If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they are ready and waiting.
- refractory period — a short period after a nerve or muscle cell fires during which the cell cannot respond to additional stimulation.
- relative humidity — the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount that the air could hold at the given temperature; the ratio of the actual water vapor pressure to the saturation vapor pressure. Abbreviation: RH, rh.
- sanitary landfill — landfill.
- secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
- sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
- sorolla y bastida — Joaquín [hwah-keen] /ʰwɑˈkin/ (Show IPA), 1863–1923, Spanish painter.
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- st. crispin's day — October 25: anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (1415).
- statutory holiday — a public holiday; a holiday all workers are entitled to
- stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
- the evil day/hour — If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
- tridimensionality — having three dimensions.
- understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- x-ray diffraction — diffraction of x-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.
- yesterday evening — during the evening of the day preceding today
- yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
- yield to maturity — The yield to maturity of a bond is the rate of return on the bond if it is held to its maturity date.
- your day in court — Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.