14-letter words containing r, e, a, g, i
- reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- regressive tax — a tax which is levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases
- reinvigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- relieving arch — discharging arch.
- reorganization — the act or process of reorganizing; state of being reorganized.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- reregistration — the act of registering.
- retail banking — banking for individual customers
- retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
- retirement age — law: age sb stops working
- retrogradation — backward movement.
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- riggs' disease — pyorrhea (def 2).
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- right triangle — a triangle having a right angle (contrasted with oblique triangle).
- ringneck snake — any of several small, nonvenomous North American snakes of the genus Diadophis, usually having a conspicuous yellow or orange ring around the neck.
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- roller bearing — a bearing consisting of cylindrical or tapered rollers running between races in two concentric rings, one of which is mounted on a rotating or oscillating part, as a shaft.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- route flapping — flapping router
- rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
- royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
- royal marriage — a meld of the king and queen of trumps, as in pinochle. Compare marriage (def 9).
- rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
- running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
- rutting season — a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
- saint george's — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
- sales register — a business machine that indicates to customers the amounts of individual sales, has a money drawer from which to make change, records and totals receipts, and may automatically calculate the change due.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- screen sharing — audiographic teleconferencing
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).