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16-letter words containing i, n, t, o, c

  • publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
  • punctuation mark — any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
  • punctuationalism — punctuated equilibrium.
  • put a sock in it — be quiet!
  • pyloric stenosis — an abnormal narrowing of the valve at the outlet from the stomach, preventing normal passage of food into the small intestine.
  • pyroconductivity — conductivity brought about by the application of heat, especially in solids that are not conductors at normal temperatures.
  • question of fact — a question concerning the reality of an alleged event or circumstance in a trial by jury, usually determined by the jury.
  • radio-controlled — A radio-controlled device works by receiving radio signals which operate it.
  • radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
  • rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • rating community — an online community based around a website that allows members to rate each other's photographs, qualifications, etc, as well as those of applicants, and which only those approved by existing members are allowed to join
  • re-accreditation — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
  • reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
  • reaction turbine — a turbine driven by the reactive force of a fluid passing through the rotor blades.
  • rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
  • recapitalization — a revision of a corporation's capital structure by an exchange of securities.
  • reception centre — A reception centre is a place where people who have no homes or are being looked after by the government can live until somewhere else is found for them to live.
  • reclassification — categorization in a different way
  • reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • reconnection fee — an amount of money that a company charges customers in order to reconnect their supply of electricity, water, gas, or telephone after it has been stopped
  • recording studio — place where music is recorded
  • recreational sex — sex for the purpose of pleasure rather than reproduction, without the commitment of a relationship
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • recursion theory — (theory)   The study of problems that, in principle, cannot be solved by either computers or humans.
  • reflection plane — a plane through a crystal that divides the crystal into two halves that are mirror images of each other.
  • reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
  • rejection region — the set of values of a test statistic for which the null hypothesis is rejected.
  • releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
  • relocation costs — payment made by an employer or a government agency to cover removal expenses and other costs incurred by an employee who is required to take up employment elsewhere
  • reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
  • resonant circuit — A resonant circuit combines an inductor and capacitor to make a circuit that responds to a frequency.
  • restriction play — a limited number of opening moves that are predetermined by their chance selection from an accepted list.
  • restriction site — the place on a DNA molecule where a restriction enzyme acts.
  • retrocessionaire — a reinsurance company that accepts or takes a retrocession.
  • revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
  • riccati equation — a differential equation, dy/dx + fy 2 + gy + h = 0, where f, g, and h are functions of x.
  • richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • rocket scientist — a specialist in rocketry.
  • rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • rolling friction — frictional resistance to rotation or energy losses in rolling bearings
  • romantic fiction — a genre of fiction focused on romantic love
  • rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
  • roundabout chair — corner chair.
  • saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
  • safety-conscious — conscious of being safe and preventing danger
  • sangre de cristo — a mountain range in S Colorado and N New Mexico: a part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Blanca Peak, 14,390 feet (4385 meters).
  • santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
  • scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
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