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16-letter words containing n, a, d, e

  • predetermination — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
  • predispositional — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
  • prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
  • prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • preunderstanding — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
  • primary deviance — the violation of a norm or rule that does not result in the violator's being stigmatized as deviant.
  • printer's reader — a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
  • project guardian — (project, security)   A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
  • 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.
  • pseudo-isidorian — of or relating to the collection of documents of the 9th century a.d. that consist chiefly of the Decretals, attributed to Isidore, archbishop of Seville, a.d. 600–36, and that were rejected as spurious in the 15th century.
  • pseudocopulation — pollination of plants, esp orchids, by male insects while attempting to mate with flowers that resemble the female insect
  • pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
  • psychic distance — the degree of emotional detachment maintained toward a person, group of people, event, etc.
  • publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
  • puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
  • pulse modulation — a type of modulation in which a train of pulses is used as the carrier wave, one or more of its parameters, such as amplitude, being modulated or modified in order to carry information
  • punitive damages — law: penalty payment
  • 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.
  • put in the shade — to appear better than (another); surpass
  • quadricentennial — of, relating to, or marking the completion of a period of four hundred years.
  • quadrimillennial — Occurring every four thousand years.
  • queen maud range — a mountain range in Antarctica, in Ross Dependency, S of the Ross Sea.
  • radiant exitance — the ability of a surface to emit radiation expressed as the radiant flux emitted per unit area at a specified point on the surface
  • 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 microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
  • radio-controlled — A radio-controlled device works by receiving radio signals which operate it.
  • radiotransparent — transparent to radiation; invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiopaque).
  • radium emanation — (formerly) radon.
  • rag-and-bone man — a peddler who buys and sells used clothes, rags, etc.; junkman.
  • ramsden eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex crown-glass lenses of equal focal length, placed with the convex sides facing each other and with a separation between the lenses of about two-thirds of the focal length of each.
  • ranelagh gardens — a public garden in Chelsea opened in 1742: a centre for members of fashionable society to meet and promenade. The gardens were closed in 1804
  • ranikhet disease — Newcastle disease.
  • rattle around in — to live or work in (a house, office, etc.) that is too big for one's needs
  • rattlesnake weed — a hawkweed, Hieracium venosum, of eastern North America, whose leaves and root are thought to possess medicinal properties.
  • re-accreditation — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
  • read only memory — ROM.
  • read-only memory — ROM.
  • reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
  • rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
  • reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
  • reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • 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
  • red-flannel hash — hash made of ground corned beef, potatoes, and beets
  • redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
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