14-letter words containing r, h, n, e, a
- richard trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
- ride at anchor — to be anchored
- riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right triangle — a triangle having a right angle (contrasted with oblique triangle).
- rise and shine — get out of bed
- rna synthetase — an enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of RNA in cells infected with RNA viruses, allowing production of copies of the viral RNA.
- rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
- roentgenograph — roentgenogram.
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- röntgenography — radiography
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.
- 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.
- safety harness — apparatus with straps to secure sb
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- sconcheon arch — an archway that includes the sconcheons of a door or window.
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
- scratch monkey — (humour) As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed. This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto. Mabel was not (so the legend goes) your ordinary monkey; the university had spent years teaching her how to swim, breathing through a regulator, in order to study the effects of different gas mixtures on her physiology. Mabel suffered an untimely demise one day when a DEC engineer troubleshooting a crash on the program's VAX inadvertently interfered with some custom hardware that was wired to Mabel. It is reported that, after calming down an understandably irate customer sufficiently to ascertain the facts of the matter, a DEC troubleshooter called up the field circus manager responsible and asked him sweetly, "Can you swim?" Not all the consequences to humans were so amusing; the sysop of the machine in question was nearly thrown in jail at the behest of certain clueless droids at the local "humane" society. The moral is clear: When in doubt, always mount a scratch monkey. A corespondent adds: The details you give are somewhat consistent with the version I recall from the Digital "War Stories" notesfile, but the name "Mabel" and the swimming bit were not mentioned, IIRC. Also, there's a very detailed account that claims that three monkies died in the incident, not just one. I believe Eric Postpischil wrote the original story at DEC, so his coming back with a different version leads me to wonder whether there ever was a real Scratch Monkey incident.
- screen sharing — audiographic teleconferencing
- search warrant — a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
- servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
- seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
- shakespeareana — collected writings or items relating to Shakespeare
- share earnings — the earnings returned on the initial investment amount
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- shear strength — the degree to which a material or bond is able to resist shear
- sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
- shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- shooting range — place for practising with guns
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.