14-letter words containing r, i, n, g, t, o
- quintus prolog — (language, product) A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
- quotient group — a group, the elements of which are cosets with respect to a normal subgroup of a given group.
- rallying point — A rallying point is a place, event, or person that people are attracted to as a symbol of a political group or ideal.
- 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.
- reading notice — a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.
- reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- redintegration — the act or process of redintegrating.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- reinvigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- remote sensing — the science of gathering data on an object or area from a considerable distance, as with radar or infrared photography, to observe the earth or a heavenly body.
- 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.).
- requisitioning — the act of requiring or demanding.
- reregistration — the act of registering.
- resojet engine — a type of pulsejet engine that burns a continuous flow of fuel but delivers a pulsating thrust due to the resonance of shock waves traveling through it.
- retrocognition — the paranormal ability or occurrence of seeing into the past
- retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
- retrogradation — backward movement.
- ribbon-cutting — a ceremony marking the official opening of a site, the commencement of its construction, etc., typically involving the cutting of a ribbon suspended as across an entrance
- rigidification — the state or process of stiffening or rigidifying
- rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
- rocking rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of metrical feet each of which consists of one accented syllable between two unaccented ones.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- rolling cutter — A rolling cutter is a drill bit which is often used for drilling hard rock.
- rolling stones — the. British rock group (formed 1962): comprising Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (born 1943; guitar, vocals), Brian Jones (1942–69; guitar), Charlie Watts (born 1941; drums), Bill Wyman (born 1936; bass guitar; now retired), and subsequently Mick Taylor (born 1948; guitar; with the group 1969–74) and Ron Wood (born 1947; guitar; with the group from 1975)
- rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
- rotating stock — Rotating stock is a system used especially in food stores and to reduce wastage, in which the oldest stock is moved to the front of shelves and new stock is added at the back.
- route flapping — flapping router
- routing policy — (networking) Rules implemented on a router or other network device to select routes from peers, customers, and upstream providers; select and modify routes you send to peers, customers and upstream providers and identify routes within your own Autonomous System.
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- 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
- saint george's — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- segregationist — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
- shooting range — place for practising with guns
- shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.