14-letter words containing r, l, e, s
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
- proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
- prosencephalon — the forebrain.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public service — the business of supplying an essential commodity, as gas or electricity, or a service, as transportation, to the general public.
- pulse pressure — the pressure of the pulse; the difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures.
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- purposefulness — having a purpose.
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
- quadrilaterals — Plural form of quadrilateral.
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
- quality-assure — to ensure the quality of: Measures are in place to quality-assure our data.
- quaquaversally — in a quaquaversal manner
- quarter nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from a kneeling position beside an opponent, puts one hand on the opponent's head, passes the free arm under the far arm of the opponent, and locks the free arm to the other arm by clasping the wrist.
- quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- querimoniously — in a querimonious manner
- quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
- quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- race relations — relationships between races
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- rafferty rules — no rules at all
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- rangeley lakes — chain of lakes in W Me. & NE N.H.
- ranunculaceous — belonging to the Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family of plants.
- raster blaster — (hardware, jargon) (Cambridge) Specialised hardware for bitblt operations (a blitter). Allegedly inspired by "Rasta Blasta", British slang for the sort of portable stereo Americans call a "boom box" or "ghetto blaster".
- rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
- reactor vessel — the container surrounding and protecting the core of a nuclear reactor.
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
- reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.