14-letter words containing d, r, y, e
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
- premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- prepsychedelic — describing the period before the psychedelic era
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- pseudosymmetry — an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- pyramid letter — chain letter.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
- pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- radiant energy — energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
- 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.
- ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
- ready-prepared — prepared in advance of use
- recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
- record company — business: sells recorded music
- record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
- recycled paper — paper made from recycled materials, esp waste paper
- red chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
- red-eyed vireo — an American vireo, Vireo olivaceus, having olive-green and white plumage and red irises.
- red-lead putty — a compound for caulking pipe joints, made of red lead, white lead, and boiled linseed oil.
- red-letter day — A red-letter day is a day that you will always remember because something good happens to you then.
- redundancy pay — severance pay.
- 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.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- root directory — (file system) The topmost node of a hierarchical file system.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- secondary cell — storage cell.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- secondary road — a road less important than a main road or highway.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- 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.