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14-letter words containing l, i, t, e, r, o

  • relocatability — constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular: relocatable classroom units.
  • remobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
  • remoralization — the act of instilling with morals again; the act of making moral again
  • repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
  • report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • resolicitation — the act of soliciting.
  • responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • retaliationist — a retaliator
  • retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
  • revitalization — to give new life to.
  • revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • revolutionizer — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • right-to-lifer — someone who supports the right to life of the unborn and opposes abortion, experiments on embryos, etc
  • ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
  • roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
  • roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
  • rolling cutter — A rolling cutter is a drill bit which is often used for drilling hard rock.
  • rolling stones — the. British rock group (formed 1962): comprising Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (born 1943; guitar, vocals), Brian Jones (1942–69; guitar), Charlie Watts (born 1941; drums), Bill Wyman (born 1936; bass guitar; now retired), and subsequently Mick Taylor (born 1948; guitar; with the group 1969–74) and Ron Wood (born 1947; guitar; with the group from 1975)
  • rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • rummelgumption — commonsense
  • rummlegumption — common sense
  • sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
  • sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • saone-et-loire — a department in E France. 3331 sq. mi. (8625 sq. km). Capital: Mâcon.
  • schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
  • schoolmistress — a woman who presides over or teaches in a school.
  • scintillometer — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
  • sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
  • self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • seniority rule — the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest.
  • serratirostral — having a serrated beak or bill; sawbilled
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
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