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15-letter words containing n, o, s, t, r, a

  • recreationalist — recreationist.
  • redemonstration — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
  • rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
  • relational dbms — relational database
  • remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
  • remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
  • reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
  • representations — statements of facts, true or alleged, esp set forth by way of remonstrance or expostulation
  • resensitization — the state or process of being sensitized.
  • resocialization — the process of learning new attitudes and norms required for a new social role.
  • respecification — the act of specifying.
  • restabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
  • resurrectionary — pertaining to or of the nature of resurrection.
  • reverse transom — a surface forming the stern of a vessel, canted forwards at the upper side
  • revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
  • revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
  • rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
  • right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
  • roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
  • robin redbreast — robin (defs 1, 2).
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
  • rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
  • roger bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
  • rolling targets — a series of targets which are reviewed periodically so that they always extend for the same period into the future
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • saffron strands — the dried stigmas of the saffron, which are then crushed into powder to flavour or colour food
  • sales promotion — the methods or techniques for creating public acceptance of or interest in a product, usually in addition to standard merchandising techniques, as advertising or personal selling, and generally consisting of the offer of free samples, gifts made to a purchaser, or the like.
  • sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
  • sanitary cordon — cordon sanitaire.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
  • scala cordonata — a ramp having the form of broad, slightly inclined steps.
  • scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
  • scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
  • schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
  • schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • segregationists — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
  • self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
  • semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
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