15-letter words containing e, r, i, d
- pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
- pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- quadragenarians — Plural form of quadragenarian.
- quadric surface — a three-dimensional surface whose equation is a quadratic equation.
- quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- question period — a period of time set aside each day for members of parliament to question government ministers
- quickie divorce — the formal ending of a marriage by law, carried out in a faster manner than usual, esp online
- radial symmetry — a basic body plan in which the organism can be divided into similar halves by passing a plane at any angle along a central axis, characteristic of sessile and bottom-dwelling animals, as the sea anemone and starfish.
- radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- radiant heating — the means of heating objects or persons by radiation in which the intervening air is not heated.
- radiator grille — a grille in an automobile or the like for air cooling of the liquid in the cooling system.
- radio announcer — someone who broadcasts or presents radio programmes
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- radio programme — something that is broadcast on radio
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
- radiogoniometer — a device used to detect the direction of radio waves, consisting of a coil that is free to rotate within two fixed coils at right angles to each other
- radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- radiomicrometer — an instrument for measuring small amounts of radiant energy, consisting of a sensitive thermocouple connected to a galvanometer.
- radioprotection — protection against radiation
- radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
- radiosensitizer — a substance, as a drug, that enhances the sensitivity of tissues or cells to radiation therapy.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- radiotelemetric — of or relating to radiotelemetry
- raise the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- ray-finned fish — any of various bony fishes of the subclass Actinopterygii, having strong slender rays, excluding the coelacanth and lungfish.
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- reaccreditation — the act or process of reaccrediting something or someone
- read oneself in — to assume possession of a benefice by publicly reading the Thirty-nine Articles
- read-write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
- read/write head — an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
- reading glasses — spectacles
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- readvertisement — the act or process of advertising something again
- ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
- realized losses — Realized losses are losses which have occurred upon the sale of an asset.
- receiving order — court order
- reckless driver — sb who drives dangerously
- recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
- recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
- reconsideration — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- reconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.