15-letter words containing r, a, i, n, e, d
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shire highlands — an upland area of S Malawi. Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- silicon carbide — a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- silver standard — a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.
- single standard — a single set of principles or rules applying to everyone, as a single moral code applying to both men and women, especially in sexual behavior. Compare double standard.
- single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
- sinistrodextral — moving or extending from the left to the right.
- sinoatrial node — a small mass of tissue in the right atrium functioning as pacemaker of the heart by giving rise to the electric impulses that initiate heart contractions.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- 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.
- somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
- sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- standing charge — fixed energy costs
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
- starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
- street accident — a traffic accident
- superindividual — greater than the individual
- superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
- surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
- target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
- tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- the first-named — something that is specified or named first
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes would be prohibited in peacetime and allowed only by prescribed law during wartime.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thought reading — mind reading.
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- track and field — athletics events
- track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
- tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
- trading partner — a person, organization, or country with whom somebody customarily does business
- train attendant — a railway employee charged with managing the safe boarding of passengers, ticket inspection, etc