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16-letter words containing r, a, d, i, o, s

  • no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • non-standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • norodom sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
  • nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
  • odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
  • oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
  • orthodox judaism — Judaism as observed by Orthodox Jews.
  • parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
  • pays de la loire — a region of W France, on the Bay of Biscay: generally low-lying, drained by the River Loire and its tributaries; agricultural
  • pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
  • personal details — details about a person such as their name and address
  • pharmacodynamics — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the course of action, effect, and breakdown of drugs within the body.
  • phosphorous acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble acid of phosphorus, H 3 PO 3 , from which phosphites are derived.
  • picture postcard — postcard (def 1).
  • pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
  • ponderosa (pine) — a yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa) of W North America, valued for its timber
  • portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
  • posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
  • predispositional — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
  • prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
  • prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • pribilof islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
  • pseudo-isidorian — of or relating to the collection of documents of the 9th century a.d. that consist chiefly of the Decretals, attributed to Isidore, archbishop of Seville, a.d. 600–36, and that were rejected as spurious in the 15th century.
  • pseudo-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • pseudo-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • pseudo-spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • pseudoperipteral — having a freestanding colonnade at each end, with engaged columns at the sides.
  • pullorum disease — a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness, loss of appetite, and diarrhea.
  • quasi-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • radiation levels — the levels of the emission or transfer of radiant energy or the levels of the particles emitted in the transfer of radiant energy, esp the particles and gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
  • radioimmunoassay — a test procedure that integrates immunologic and radiolabeling techniques to measure minute quantities of a substance, as a protein, hormone, or drug, in a given sample of body fluid or tissue.
  • radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
  • radiotransparent — transparent to radiation; invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiopaque).
  • radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
  • railroad station — railway station, train stop
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • released version — release
  • religious leader — head of a church or order
  • reservation desk — a desk in a hotel, office, etc, where an employee takes bookings for rooms, tickets, etc
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • revised algol 60 — ALGOL 60 Revised
  • rhode island red — one of an American breed of chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers and producing brown eggs.
  • rigid designator — an expression that identifies the same individual in every possible world: for example, "Shakespeare" is a rigid designator since it is possible that Shakespeare might not have been a playwright but not that he might not have been Shakespeare
  • risus sardonicus — fixed contraction of the facial muscles resulting in a peculiar distorted grin, caused esp by tetanus
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