14-letter words containing n, o, d, u, r
- put into words — express in language
- 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
- 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
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
- 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.
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- sock suspender — garter (def 1).
- sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
- sodium nitrite — Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO 2 , soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
- solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- sound engineer — A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded.
- sound pressure — Also called excess sound pressure, instantaneous sound pressure. the difference between the pressure at a point in a medium through which a sound wave is passing and the static pressure of the medium at that point.
- sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- surround sound — multi-speaker stereo system