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

  • 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
  • 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.
  • recording studio — place where music is recorded
  • 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
  • red-necked grebe — a large stocky grebe, Podiceps grisegena, of circumpolar regions having a dark neck: family Podicipedidae
  • 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
  • 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.
  • redundancy money — a sum of money given by an employer to an employee who has been made redundant: usually calculated on the basis of the employee's rate of pay and length of service
  • refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
  • reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
  • refractive index — index of refraction.
  • regent bowerbird — a bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus, the males of which have deep black plumage with brilliant golden head, neck, and wing patches and build elaborate bowers.
  • register dancing — Many older processor architectures suffer from a serious shortage of general-purpose registers. This is especially a problem for compiler-writers, because their generated code needs places to store temporaries for things like intermediate values in expression evaluation. Some designs with this problem, like the Intel 80x86, do have a handful of special-purpose registers that can be pressed into service, providing suitable care is taken to avoid unpleasant side effects on the state of the processor: while the special-purpose register is being used to hold an intermediate value, a delicate minuet is required in which the previous value of the register is saved and then restored just before the official function (and value) of the special-purpose register is again needed.
  • registered nurse — a graduate nurse who has passed a state board examination and been registered and licensed to practice nursing. Abbreviation: R.N.
  • reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
  • 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.
  • required reading — If you say that something is required reading for a particular group of people, you mean that you think it is essential for them to read it because it will give them information which they should have.
  • research student — a student studying for a doctoral award, that is, a PhD or an MPhil
  • reservation desk — a desk in a hotel, office, etc, where an employee takes bookings for rooms, tickets, etc
  • residence permit — permission allowing someone to legally reside in a country
  • resident student — a student of a school, college, university, etc, who lives or has resided in the state or district of that school, college or university for a set period of time
  • 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
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