14-letter words containing d, i, t, r, a
- rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
- rationalized c — (language) (RatC, after "RATFOR") A version of Ron Cain's original Small-C compiler.
- 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.
- recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
- recommendation — an act of recommending.
- 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
- redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
- redintegration — the act or process of redintegrating.
- redintegrative — to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- reindoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- res adjudicata — res judicata.
- resident alien — an alien who has legally established residence in the U.S.
- restrainedness — the state or quality of being restrained
- retreaded tire — A retreaded tire is a used tire with a new tread fixed to it.
- retrogradation — backward movement.
- 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
- ride the rails — Someone who rides the rails travels by train, especially over a long period of time and without buying a ticket.
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- right-hand man — an indispensable or invaluable assistant; right hand.
- rigidification — the state or process of stiffening or rigidifying
- road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- rural district — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and Northern Ireland from 1898 to 1973) a rural division of a county
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- 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
- seaside resort — coastal holiday town
- 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.
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.