14-letter words containing d, u, r, e
- 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.
- 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
- 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).
- 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
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-surrender — the surrender or yielding up of oneself, one's will, affections, etc., as to another person, an influence, or a cause.
- serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
- shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour