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16-letter words containing l, i, n, e, d, r

  • pride oneself on — to be proud of
  • prolonged-action — sustained-release.
  • promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
  • puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
  • purple sandpiper — a sandpiper, Calidris maritima, of arctic regions of the New and Old World, having in winter a slate-gray back with purplish reflections.
  • quadricentennial — of, relating to, or marking the completion of a period of four hundred years.
  • quadrimillennial — Occurring every four thousand years.
  • radiation levels — the levels of the emission or transfer of radiant energy or the levels of the particles emitted in the transfer of radiant energy, esp the particles and gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
  • radio-controlled — A radio-controlled device works by receiving radio signals which operate it.
  • rattle around in — to live or work in (a house, office, etc.) that is too big for one's needs
  • reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
  • reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage
  • reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • redemption yield — the yield produced by a redeemable gilt-edged security taking into account the annual interest it pays and an annualized amount to account for any profit or loss when it is redeemed
  • redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
  • relational model — relational data model
  • relative density — specific gravity.
  • released version — release
  • remedial reading — instruction in reading aimed at increasing speed and comprehension by correcting poor reading habits.
  • residential care — the provision by a welfare agency of a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • residual current — an electric current that continues to flow in a device, etc when there is no voltage supply, due to electrons emitted by heat, etc
  • returned soldier — a soldier who has served abroad
  • revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
  • rhode island red — one of an American breed of chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers and producing brown eggs.
  • ribonucleic acid — RNA.
  • ring-billed gull — a North American gull, Larus delawarensis, having a black ring around the bill.
  • robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).
  • romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
  • roosevelt island — Formerly Welfare Island, Blackwells Island. an island in the East River, New York City: residential community. 1½ miles (2½ km) long.
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
  • self-degradation — the act of degrading.
  • self-deliverance — suicide.
  • self-denigrating — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
  • self-determinism — a theory that every present state or condition of the self is a result of previous states or conditions of the self.
  • self-discernment — the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
  • self-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
  • self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
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