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15-letter words containing c, a, r, d, i, e

  • piano reduction — a musical score having the parts condensed or simplified in two staves, to render the music playable on the piano by one person.
  • pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
  • pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • predicate logic — (logic)   (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
  • prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
  • premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • prince's island — former name of Príncipe.
  • principal ideal — the smallest ideal containing a given element in a ring; an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, obtained by multiplying each element of the ring by one specified element.
  • pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
  • pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
  • pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
  • quadric surface — a three-dimensional surface whose equation is a quadratic equation.
  • radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
  • radio announcer — someone who broadcasts or presents radio programmes
  • radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
  • radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
  • radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
  • radiomicrometer — an instrument for measuring small amounts of radiant energy, consisting of a sensitive thermocouple connected to a galvanometer.
  • radioprotection — protection against radiation
  • radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • radiotelemetric — of or relating to radiotelemetry
  • re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
  • reaccreditation — the act or process of reaccrediting something or someone
  • recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
  • recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
  • reconsideration — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
  • reconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
  • record-breaking — top, most successful
  • recording angel — an angel who supposedly keeps a record of every person's good and bad acts
  • red-back spider — a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
  • redial facility — a means of dialling a number again by pressing a button
  • rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
  • redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
  • reduction ratio — an expression of the number of times by which an original document has been reduced in a microcopy.
  • reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • restricted area — out of bounds to military personnel
  • retained income — retained earnings.
  • retained object — an object in a passive construction identical with the direct or indirect object in the active construction from which it is derived, as the picture in I was shown the picture, which is also the direct object in the active construction (They) showed me the picture.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • richard gabriel — (person)   (Dick, RPG) Dr. Richard P. Gabriel. A noted SAIL LISP hacker and volleyball fanatic. Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Richard Gabriel is a leader in the Lisp and OOP community, with years of contributions to standardisation. He founded the successful company, Lucid Technologies, Inc.. In 1996 he was Distinguished Computer Scientist at ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. (later renamed ObjectShare, Inc.). See also gabriel, Qlambda, QLISP, saga.
  • richard neville — Earl of (Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury"the Kingmaker") 1428–71, English military leader and statesman.
  • ricinoleic acid — a colorless to yellow, viscous, liquid, water-insoluble, unsaturated hydroxyl acid, C 1 8 H 3 4 O 3 , occurring in castor oil in the form of the glyceride: used chiefly in soaps and textile finishing.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
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