15-letter words containing o, r, a, i, u
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recontextualize — to contextualize (something) again
- rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
- redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
- reduction ratio — an expression of the number of times by which an original document has been reduced in a microcopy.
- refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
- regulation time — the standard duration of a sports game, before the addition of any extra time to determine a winner, etc
- regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
- repeating group — (database) Any attribute that can have multiple values associated with a single instance of some entity. For example, a book might have multiple authors. Such a "-to-many" relationship might be represented in an unnormalised relational database as multiple author columns in the book table or a single author(s) column containing a string which was a list of authors. Converting this to "first normal form" is the first step in database normalisation. Each author of the book would appear in a separate row along with the book's primary key. Later nomalisation stages would move the book-author relationship into a separate table to avoid repeating other book attibutes (e.g. title, publisher) for each author.
- requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- resurrectionary — pertaining to or of the nature of resurrection.
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- 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
- rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
- roundaboutation — circumlocution
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- routeing domain — (networking) (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
- rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- rural sociology — the sociological study of life in rural areas and the effects of ruralization.
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- sarraceniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sarraceniaceae, an American family of pitcher plants
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
- schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- scribaciousness — the quality or state of being scribacious
- securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- 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.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- sir arthur john — Sir (Arthur) John, 1904–2000, English actor and director.
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- social security — (usually initial capital letters) a program of old-age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups.
- socioculturally — from a sociocultural point of view
- sodium arsenite — a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO 2 , used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.