16-letter words containing r, i, c, e, o
- ticket collector — transport worker who checks tickets
- to break the ice — If you break the ice at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable.
- to clear the air — If you do something to clear the air, you do it in order to resolve any problems or disagreements that there might be.
- to coin a phrase — You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
- to rest in peace — If you express the wish that a dead person may rest in peace, you are showing respect and sympathy for him or her. 'Rest in peace' or 'RIP' is also sometimes written on gravestones.
- topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
- torricelli's law — the law that states that the speed of flow of a liquid from an orifice is equal to the speed that it would attain if falling freely a distance equal to the height of the free surface of the liquid above the orifice.
- tower of silence — a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meter) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.
- tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
- trail one's coat — to invite a quarrel by deliberately provocative behaviour
- training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
- training officer — a person whose job is to teach people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
- transcontinental — passing or extending across a continent: a transcontinental railroad.
- transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- triboelectricity — electricity generated by friction.
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- trick-or-treater — a person, typically a child, who goes from door to door in costume on Halloween asking for candy or other treats
- tricolored heron — an American heron, Hydranassa tricolor, that is dark bluish-gray above and white below with seasonally red neck stripes in the male.
- trinitroglycerin — nitroglycerin.
- tropic of cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.
- twin-carburettor — (of an engine) having two carburettors
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- uncinate process — a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
- uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- under discussion — If something is under discussion, it is still being talked about and a final decision has not yet been reached.
- underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
- upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- vasoconstrictive — causing vasoconstriction.
- vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- verneuil process — a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.
- victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
- video-conference — A video-conference is a meeting that takes place using video conferencing.
- videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
- voice of america — the division of the United States Information Agency that broadcasts daily programs of news and entertainment throughout the world. Abbreviation: VOA, V.O.A.
- voice production — the use of the voice in order to create particular effects
- war of secession — American Civil War.
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.