16-letter words containing n, u

relative minimum — minimum (def 5a).
relative pronoun — one of the pronouns who, whom, which, what, their compounds with -ever or -soever, or that used as the subordinating word to introduce a subordinate clause, especially such a pronoun referring to an antecedent.
reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
repressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
republican party — one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56.
republican river — a river flowing E from E Colorado through Nebraska and Kansas into the Kansas River. 422 miles (680 km) long.
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 quantum — the standard by which the contribution to a university of individual academics is measured and on the basis of which universities receive government funding and academics are promoted
research student — a student studying for a doctoral award, that is, a PhD or an MPhil
reserve buoyancy — the difference between the volume of a hull below the designed waterline and the volume of the hull below the lowest opening incapable of being made watertight.
reserve currency — any currency, as the U.S. dollar, used as a medium to settle international debts.
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
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
resonant circuit — A resonant circuit combines an inductor and capacitor to make a circuit that responds to a frequency.
return on assets — the amount of profit computed by dividing net income before interest and taxes by the cost of assets, usually expressed as a percentage. Abbreviation: ROA.
return on equity — the amount of profit computed by dividing net income before taxes less preferred dividends by the value of stockholders' equity, usually expressed as a percentage. Abbreviation: ROE.
returned soldier — a soldier who has served abroad
rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
ribonucleic acid — RNA.
riccati equation — a differential equation, dy/dx + fy 2 + gy + h = 0, where f, g, and h are functions of x.
right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
right outer join — outer join
ring-billed gull — a North American gull, Larus delawarensis, having a black ring around the bill.
ring-necked duck — a North American scauplike duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring around the neck.
risus sardonicus — fixed contraction of the facial muscles resulting in a peculiar distorted grin, caused esp by tetanus
robin's-egg blue — a pale green to a light greenish-blue color.
romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
root mean square — the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the numbers in a given set of numbers. Abbreviation: rms.
rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
round the corner — close at hand
round the wrekin — the long way round
round-shouldered — having the shoulders bent forward, giving a rounded form to the upper part of the back.
roundabout chair — corner chair.
rumour-mongering — the act of spreading rumours
run a tight ship — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
run interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
run rings around — a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
run the gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
run-time library — (operating system, programming, library) A file containing routines which are linked with a program at run time rather than at compile-time. The advantage of such dynamic linking is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being included with each executable that refers to it. This can greatly reduce the disk space occupied by programs. Furthermore, it means that all programs immediately benefit from changes (e.g. bug fixes) to the single copy of the library without requiring recompilation. Since the library code is normally classified as read-only to the memory management system, it is possible for a single copy of the library to be loaded into memory and shared by all active programs, thus reducing RAM and virtual memory requirements and program load time.
run-time support — run-time system
russian dressing — a sharp mayonnaise dressing containing chopped pickles, chili sauce or ketchup, pimientos, etc.
russian orthodox — of or relating to the Russian Orthodox Church
russian roulette — a game of high risk in which each player in turn, using a revolver containing one bullet, spins the cylinder of the revolver, points the muzzle at the head, and pulls the trigger.
safety-conscious — conscious of being safe and preventing danger
saint petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).

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