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14-letter words containing c, u, r, i, e, t

  • quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
  • quality circle — a group of workers performing similar duties who meet periodically to discuss work-related problems, offer suggestions for improved production or product quality, etc.
  • quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
  • quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
  • quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
  • quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
  • quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
  • quick-tempered — easily angered.
  • quickie strike — a labor strike that has not been called or sanctioned by the officials of the union.
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
  • reacquaintance — a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
  • readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
  • rearticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
  • recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
  • recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
  • reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
  • reconstitution — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • reconstitutive — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • reconstruction — an act of reconstructing.
  • reconstructive — tending to reconstruct.
  • recursive type — A data type which contains itself. The commonest example is the list type, in Haskell: data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a) which says a list of a's is either an empty list or a cons cell containing an 'a' (the "head" of the list) and another list (the "tail"). Recursion is not allowed in Miranda or Haskell synonym types, so the following Haskell types are illegal: type Bad = (Int, Bad) type Evil = Bool -> Evil whereas the seeminly equivalent algebraic data types are acceptable:
  • recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
  • reintroduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
  • res adjudicata — res judicata.
  • resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
  • return receipt — a card bearing the signature of the recipient of registered postal matter, for return to the sender as proof of receipt.
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • rolling cutter — A rolling cutter is a drill bit which is often used for drilling hard rock.
  • run its course — (of something) to complete its development or action
  • sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
  • safety circuit — a type of electronic circuit that prevents malfunction by stopping the flow of current or sounding an alert.
  • safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • seaman recruit — a noncommissioned enlisted person of the lowest rank. Abbreviation: SR.
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
  • security check — the process of checking that a person is not armed, or carrying something dangerous
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
  • selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
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