14-letter words containing n, d, o, u
- put the lid on — to be the final blow to
- quadrantanopia — (medicine) The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view.
- quarter window — (on a car) a small triangular side window with hinges that can be opened for extra ventilation
- queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- reintroduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- ride to hounds — to take part in a fox hunt with hounds
- ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- rounding error — an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding
- safe and sound — unharmed and well
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
- second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-diffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- sld resolution — (logic, programming) (Selected, Linear, Definite) Linear resolution with a selection function for definite sentences. A definite sentence has exactly one positive literal in each clause and this literal is selected to be resolved upon, i.e. replaced in the goal clause by the conjunction of negative literals which form the body of the clause.
- slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- smooth-tongued — fluent or convincing in speech; glib.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- sock suspender — garter (def 1).
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.