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11-letter words containing m, a, r, d

  • readme file — (convention, documentation)   A text file traditionally included in the top-level directory of a software distribution, containing pointers to documentation, credits, revision history, notes, etc. Originally found in Unix source distributions, the convention has spread to many other products. The file may be named README, READ.ME, ReadMe or readme.txt or some other variant. In the Macintosh and IBM PC worlds, software is not usually distributed in source form, and the README is more likely to contain user-oriented material like last-minute documentation changes, error workarounds, and restrictions. The README convention probably follows the famous scene in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" in which Alice confronts magic munchies labeled "Eat Me" and "Drink Me".
  • readmission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
  • ready money — money that is in hand or may be obtained quickly or easily; cash.
  • ready-mixed — blended in advance of being sold
  • reamendment — the act or process of reamending something
  • red admiral — the commander in chief of a fleet.
  • red chamber — the Canadian Senate chamber.
  • red jasmine — a fragrant shrub with fragrant flowers, also known as frangipani
  • reestimated — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
  • reformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • remaindered — something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day.
  • remand home — a detention home for juvenile offenders aged 8–16 years.
  • remand wing — a special area within a prison for prisoners who are awaiting trial
  • remediation — the correction of something bad or defective.
  • remotivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
  • remunerated — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
  • renumerated — to represent numbers by symbols.
  • rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
  • rhabdomyoma — a benign tumor made up of striated muscular tissue.
  • rhagadiform — of or relating to rhagades
  • rhythm band — a collection of simple percussion instruments used especially with piano accompaniment to teach musical rhythm.
  • ride cymbal — a medium-sized cymbal suspended over a set of drums, used for maintaining rhythm patterns since the advent of bop
  • riding lamp — a light on a boat or ship showing that it is at anchor
  • rigid frame — (in iron, steel, and reinforced-concrete construction) a bent having absolutely rigid connections at the knees.
  • rising damp — moisture problem affecting walls
  • rodomontade — vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
  • roman blind — a window blind consisting of a length of material which, when drawn up, gathers into horizontal folds from the bottom
  • roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
  • rose madder — a pigment derived from anthraquinone and hydrated oxide of aluminum, characterized chiefly by its reddish color and permanence: used in painting. Compare madder lake (def 2).
  • rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • salad cream — Salad cream is a pale-yellow creamy sauce that you eat with salad.
  • sand martin — the bank swallow.
  • sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
  • sandringham — a village in N Norfolk, England: site of Sandringham House, Royal Family mansion.
  • sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
  • saucer dome — a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere, with the center well below the springing line; a shallow dome, as in Roman or Byzantine architecture.
  • scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
  • sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
  • semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
  • slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
  • smallholder — owner of small plot of land
  • smart drink — a nonalcoholic beverage with added amino acids and vitamins claimed to increase energy, improve memory, and boost intelligence.
  • smorgasbord — a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc.
  • spermicidal — that kills sperm
  • sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
  • stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
  • standard ml — (language)   (SML) Originally an attempt by Robin Milner <[email protected]> ca. 1984 to unify the dialects of ML, SML has evolved into a robust general-purpose language. Later versions have been maintained by D. B. MacQueen, Lal George <[email protected]>, and J. H. Reppy <[email protected]> at AT&T, and A. W. Appel <[email protected]>. SML is functional, with imperative programming features. It is environment based and strict. It adds to ML the call-by-pattern of Hope, recursive data types, reference types, typed exceptions, and modules. (The "core" language excludes the modules). Standard ML is polymorphically typed and its module system supports flexible yet secure large-scale programming. Standard ML of New Jersey is an optimising native-code compiler for Standard ML that is written in Standard ML. It runs on a wide range of architectures. The distribution also contains: an extensive library - The Standard ML of New Jersey Library, including detailed documentation; Concurrent ML (CML); eXene - an elegant interface to X11 (based on CML); SourceGroup - a separate compilation and "make" facility. Implementations: SML/NJ, POPLOG ML, Poly/ML, Edinburgh SML, ANU ML, Micro ML, lazy sml2c. Version 0.93 runs on 68000, SPARC, MIPS, HPPA, RS/6000, Intel 386, Intel 486 and Macintosh. Mailing list: [email protected]
  • steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
  • storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
  • stormstayed — isolated or unable to travel because of adverse weather conditions, esp a snowstorm
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