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14-letter words containing r, d, a, m

  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • radiostrontium — strontium 90.
  • radiotelemeter — the equipment used for radiotelemetry
  • radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
  • radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
  • radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
  • random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
  • random testing — (programming, testing)   A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
  • rawhide hammer — a hammer, used to avoid damaging a surface, having a head consisting of a metal tube from each end of which a tight roll of hide protrudes
  • re-accommodate — to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige: to accommodate a friend by helping him move to a new apartment.
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • recommendation — an act of recommending.
  • recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
  • record company — business: sells recorded music
  • reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • right-hand man — an indispensable or invaluable assistant; right hand.
  • roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
  • room and board — lodging and meals.
  • saavedra lamas — Carlos [kahr-laws] /ˈkɑr lɔs/ (Show IPA), 1878?–1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1936.
  • sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
  • schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
  • scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
  • scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
  • second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • sharp-tempered — with a tendency to become suddenly angry
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • smash-and-grab — A smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
  • smothered mate — checkmate delivered by a knight when the king's mobility is restricted by his own pieces.
  • sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • sonderkommando — a group of prisoners assigned to collect belongings and dispose of the bodies of other prisoners who had died or been killed.
  • spanish armada — Armada (def 1).
  • speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
  • standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
  • standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
  • striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
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