14-letter words containing d, e, t, i, c
- recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
- reindoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- reintroduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- res adjudicata — res judicata.
- residence time — Also called residence. Chemistry. the length of time a substance remains in the adsorbed, suspended, or dissolved state.
- restricted epl — (language) (REPL) The efficient subset of EPL used to write the core of Multics.
- retrodirective — (of a mirror, reflector, etc.) having three reflecting surfaces so oriented that a ray of light is reflected in a direction parallel but opposite to its original direction.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- richard trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
- ride at anchor — to be anchored
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- root directory — (file system) The topmost node of a hierarchical file system.
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
- schmidt system — a wide-angle optical system having a concave, spherical mirror whose aberration is neutralized by a correcting lens: often used in special, photographic reflecting telescopes to obtain clear pictures of large areas of the celestial sphere
- school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
- scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- screen-printed — printed by screen process
- second sitting — A second sitting is the second period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
- secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
- 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
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- self-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
- self-inflicted — inflicted by oneself upon oneself: a self-inflicted wound.
- semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.