14-letter words containing a, s, t, r, n
- projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- protohistorian — a student of or expert in protohistory
- provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quarter nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from a kneeling position beside an opponent, puts one hand on the opponent's head, passes the free arm under the far arm of the opponent, and locks the free arm to the other arm by clasping the wrist.
- quasi contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quasi-contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quasi-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- questionnaires — Plural form of questionnaire.
- race relations — relationships between races
- racing cyclist — a cyclist who takes part in bicycle races
- radioresistant — resistant to the effects of radiation
- radiosensitive — (of certain tissues or organisms) sensitive to or destructible by various types of radiant energy, as x-rays, rays from radioactive material, or the like.
- radiosensitize — to make (cells) more sensitive to radiation
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- rail transport — the system of taking passengers or goods from one place to another by railway
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
- raman-spectrum — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- 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.
- 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.
- rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- 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.
- reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- recent changes — Recent changes to FOLDOC.
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
- reconsecration — the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.