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14-letter words containing d, r, u

  • radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • radiostrontium — strontium 90.
  • radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
  • radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
  • random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
  • 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.
  • readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
  • red-lead putty — a compound for caulking pipe joints, made of red lead, white lead, and boiled linseed oil.
  • redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
  • redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • redistributive — favoring, supporting, or practicing income redistribution: the redistributive effects of public spending.
  • reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • reductase test — a test for the bacterial content in milk to determine its fitness for drinking.
  • redundancy pay — severance pay.
  • reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
  • 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.
  • reintroduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
  • repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
  • required-cobol — A minimal subset of COBOL developed in 1961. It was later dropped entirely.
  • res adjudicata — res judicata.
  • residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
  • revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
  • rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
  • 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 to hounds — to take part in a fox hunt with hounds
  • ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
  • round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • rounding error — an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding
  • rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
  • rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.
  • rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
  • rural district — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and Northern Ireland from 1898 to 1973) a rural division of a county
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
  • saturated fats — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
  • scalar product — inner product (def 1).
  • scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
  • scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • screw extruder — A screw extruder is a type of mixer which moves the components through a cylinder using a screw which turns.
  • 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
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