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14-letter words containing d, u, r, n

  • readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • reintroduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
  • repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
  • 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.
  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • 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.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slash and burn — Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land.
  • slash-and-burn — of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
  • sld resolution — (logic, programming)   (Selected, Linear, Definite) Linear resolution with a selection function for definite sentences. A definite sentence has exactly one positive literal in each clause and this literal is selected to be resolved upon, i.e. replaced in the goal clause by the conjunction of negative literals which form the body of the clause.
  • slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
  • sock suspender — garter (def 1).
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • sodium nitrite — Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO 2 , soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
  • solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • sound engineer — A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded.
  • sound pressure — Also called excess sound pressure, instantaneous sound pressure. the difference between the pressure at a point in a medium through which a sound wave is passing and the static pressure of the medium at that point.
  • sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
  • standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
  • standard issue — something, such as a rifle, included as standard with military equipment
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