14-letter words containing e, n, c, o, d
- rationalized c — (language) (RatC, after "RATFOR") A version of Ron Cain's original Small-C compiler.
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- reading notice — a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.
- readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
- reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
- recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
- recommendation — an act of recommending.
- recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
- recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
- record changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
- record company — business: sells recorded music
- record-changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
- record-keeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- recording head — the part of a tape recorder that records a sound source by converting the electrical analog of the sound, as from a microphone, into a magnetic signal for storage on magnetic tape.
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- reindoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- reintroduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- 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 at anchor — to be anchored
- 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
- roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
- school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
- schoolchildren — a child attending school.
- scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
- screen goddess — a film actress who is adored or idealized, esp by men
- second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- second opinion — view of another expert
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- second service — the communion service: so called because it follows Morning Prayer.
- second sitting — A second sitting is the second period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
- second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- second to none — the best
- 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.