14-letter words containing d, r, o, l, n
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
- philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
- pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
- planning board — development group
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
- postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- postnasal drip — a trickling of mucus onto the pharyngeal surface from the posterior portion of the nasal cavity, usually caused by a cold or allergy.
- postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- preconcertedly — in a preconcerted or preplanned manner
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- predevelopment — advance development; the action of developing in advance
- preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
- promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
- 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.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
- radicalization — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
- 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.
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolving door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- revolving-door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
- rhode islander — a person born or living in Rhode Island
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- ride on a rail — to place on a rail and carry out of the community: extralegal punishment in which the victim was usually tarred and feathered beforehand
- ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.