14-letter words containing i, r, d, a, l
- redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- residence hall — Residence halls are buildings with rooms or apartments, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the school year.
- resident alien — an alien who has legally established residence in the U.S.
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- rhode islander — a person born or living in Rhode Island
- ride on a rail — to place on a rail and carry out of the community: extralegal punishment in which the victim was usually tarred and feathered beforehand
- ride the rails — Someone who rides the rails travels by train, especially over a long period of time and without buying a ticket.
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- royal canadian — in the service of the Canadian federal government and the British monarch: Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- rural district — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and Northern Ireland from 1898 to 1973) a rural division of a county
- 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)
- sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
- salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- siraj-ud-daula — 1728?–57, nawab of Bengal 1756–57.
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- slant drilling — Slant drilling is drilling at an angle of usually 30° to 45°.
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
- squared circle — a wrestling ring
- squared splice — square splice.
- stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).