16-letter words containing o, r, i, e
- a matter of time — If you say that something is just a matter of time, you mean that it is certain to happen at some time in the future.
- a propos de rien — apropos of nothing; with reference to nothing in particular.
- abruzzi e molise — a region in central Italy. 5881 sq. mi. (15,232 sq. km). Capital: Aquilla.
- abscission layer — a layer of parenchyma cells that is formed at the bases of fruits, flowers, and leaves before abscission. As the parenchyma disintegrates, the organ becomes separated from the plant
- academic advisor — a faculty member who helps and advises students on academic matters, such as planning their academic career
- academic freedom — freedom of a teacher or student to hold and express views without fear of arbitrary interference by officials
- acanthopterygian — of, relating to, or belonging to the Acanthopterygii, a large group of teleost fishes having spiny fin rays. The group includes most saltwater bony fishes
- accession number — the number given to record a new addition to a collection
- accordion pleats — tiny knife pleats
- acetyl promazine — acepromazine
- acid house party — a professionally organized party for young people, with Acid House music, sometimes held in a field or disused building
- acid metaprotein — a metaprotein derived by means of a hydrolytic acid.
- acorn archimedes — Archimedes
- acoustic coupler — a device converting computer-data signals into acoustic form for transmission down a telephone line, through the handset microphone
- acoustic feature — any of the acoustic components or elements present in a speech sound and capable of being experimentally observed, recorded, and reproduced
- acoustic neuroma — a benign brain tumour of the vestibulocochlear nerve, one of the nerves connecting the ear to the brain, which can cause hearing and balance problems
- acoustic torpedo — a torpedo guided by sound that either emanates from the target or is emitted by the torpedo and bounces off the target.
- acroparaesthesia — a persistent sensation of numbness and tingling in the hands and feet
- actinodermatitis — dermatitis from exposure to radiation, esp ultraviolet light or X-rays
- actinopterygians — Plural form of actinopterygian.
- activated carbon — a porous highly adsorptive form of carbon used to remove colour or impurities from liquids and gases, in the separation and extraction of chemical compounds, and in the recovery of solvents
- activation order — an instruction to create, mobilize, or organize a unit
- active directory — (operating system) A directory service from Microsoft Corporation, similar in concept to Novell Netware Directory Services, that also integrates with the user organisation's DNS structure and is interoperable with LDAP. Active Directory is included in Windows 2000.
- active transport — a process by which molecules are enabled to pass across a membrane from a region in which they are in a low concentration to one of high concentration; this requires the expenditure of energy in metabolism and is assisted by carrier proteins, commonly referred to as pumps
- adaptive routing — dynamic routing
- addition polymer — a polymer formed by the direct reaction of two or more monomers, and with no resulting water or other by-product.
- additive process — a photographic process in which the desired colours are produced by adding together appropriate proportions of three primary colours
- admirable bolete — an edible mushroom, Boletus mirabilis, of Rocky Mountain and Pacific northwestern evergreen forests, having a dark-red, scaly or woolly cap with yellow pores and a stout stem.
- advisory teacher — a teacher who visits schools to advise teachers on curriculum developments within a particular subject area
- aerotherapeutics — the treatment of disease by the use of air, esp. by exposing patients to changes in atmospheric pressure
- aesthetic labour — workers employed by a company for their appearance or accent, with the aim of promoting the company's image
- affaire de coeur — an affair of the heart; love affair
- african honeybee — killer bee.
- ai international — (company) One of distributors of Prolog++, subsumed by Customer Engagement Company before December 1998.
- airmail envelope — an envelope made of the very thin blue paper that is used to send letters by airmail
- algol 60 revised — (language) (Or "Revised ALGOL 60") A revision of Algol 60 which still lacked standard I/O.
- algol 68 revised — (language) A significant simplification of ALGOL 68.
- alligator pepper — a tropical African zingiberaceous plant, Amomum melegueta, having red or orange spicy seed capsules
- alligator wrench — a wrench having a V -shaped pair of serrated jaws set at right angles to the shank for turning cylindrical or irregularly shaped parts.
- alpha conversion — (theory) In lambda-calculus and reduction, the renaming of a formal parameter in a lambda abstraction. This does not change the meaning of the abstraction. For example: \ x . x+1 <--> \ y . y+1 If the actual argument to a lambda abstraction contains instances of the abstraction's formal parameter then it is necessary to rename the parameter before applying the abstraction to avoid name capture.
- alpha-interferon — interferon (def 2).
- alternative rock — a broad category of popular rock music typically regarded as somewhat out of the mainstream and variously including elements of punk rock, heavy metal, folk music, etc.
- alternative vote — of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of first-preference votes, the votes for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the voters' next preference
- aluminium bronze — any of a range of copper alloys that contain between 5 and 10 per cent aluminium
- alvarez quintero — Joa‧ˈquín (hwɑˈkin ) ; hwäkēnˈ) 1873-1944; Sp. playwright
- ambidextrousness — The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
- amending formula — a specified process or procedure by which a constitution may be amended
- american buffalo — bison (def 1).
- american cowslip — shooting star (def 2).
- amerigo vespucci — Amerigo [uh-mer-i-goh;; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), (Americus Vespucius) 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
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