14-letter words containing a, r

raspberry tart — a fruit tart made with raspberries
rastafarianism — a religious cult, originally of Jamaica, that regards Africa as the Promised Land, to which all true believers will someday return, and the late Haile Selassie I, former emperor of Ethiopia, as the messiah.
raster blaster — (hardware, jargon) (Cambridge) Specialised hardware for bitblt operations (a blitter). Allegedly inspired by "Rasta Blasta", British slang for the sort of portable stereo Americans call a "boom box" or "ghetto blaster".
rat-bite fever — either of two relapsing febrile diseases, widely distributed geographically, caused by infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor and transmitted by rats.
ratchet effect — intermittent growth, increase, expansion, or the like: the ratchet effect of defense expenditures.
rate collector — a person whose job it was to collect the rates
rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
rate of return — The rate of return on an investment is the amount of profit it makes, often shown as a percentage of the original investment.
rateable value — In Britain, the rateable value of a building was a value based on its size and facilities, which was used in calculating local taxes called rates.
rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
rationalizable — capable of being rationalized
rationalized c — (language) (RatC, after "RATFOR") A version of Ron Cain's original Small-C compiler.
rattail cactus — a small, often cultivated cactus (Aporocactus flagelliformis) with weak, cylindrical, creeping or drooping stems, native to Mexico and Central America
rattle through — If you rattle through something, you deal with it quickly in order to finish it.
raunch culture — a culture which promotes overtly sexual representations of women, as through the acceptance of pornography, stripping, nudity in advertising, etc, esp when this is encouraged by women
rawhide hammer — a hammer, used to avoid damaging a surface, having a head consisting of a metal tube from each end of which a tight roll of hide protrudes
razor-slashing — the action of slashing someone with a razor in order to kill, wound, or disfigure them
re-accommodate — to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige: to accommodate a friend by helping him move to a new apartment.
re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
re-choreograph — to produce new choreography for (a particular work or piece of music)
re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
re-enumeration — an act of enumerating.
re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
re-familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
re-investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
re-measurement — the act of measuring.
reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
reach-me-downs — trousers
reacquaintance — a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
reactor vessel — the container surrounding and protecting the core of a nuclear reactor.
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).
ready-prepared — prepared in advance of use
realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
rearticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
recalcitration — the act of being recalcitrant
recanalization — the reopening of a previously occluded passageway within a blood vessel.
recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability

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