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15-letter words containing r, o, d, s, c

  • piero di cosimo — Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
  • polish corridor — a strip of land near the mouth of the Vistula River: formerly separated Germany from East Prussia; given to Poland in the Treaty of Versailles 1919 to provide it with access to the Baltic.
  • post-production — In film and television, post-production is the work such as editing that takes place after the film has been shot.
  • preferred stock — stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.
  • processed foods — foods that have been treated or prepared by a special method, esp in order to preserve them
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
  • pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
  • radar telescope — (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.
  • radio broadcast — sth transmitted via radio signal
  • radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
  • recollectedness — the state or quality of being recollected
  • reconsideration — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
  • reconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
  • red blood cells — Physiology. one of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs. Abbreviation: RBC.
  • rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
  • reduce to tears — If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.
  • redwood seconds — a scale of measurement of viscosity based on the time in seconds taken for fluid to flow through a standard orifice: accepted as standard in the UK in 1886
  • reported clause — A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause.
  • reported speech — indirect quotation
  • required course — an obligatory course for all students
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • restricted code — a style of language use associated with informal situations, characterized by linguistic predictability and by its dependence on the external context and on the shared knowledge and experience of the participants for conveying meaning. Compare code (def 11b), elaborated code.
  • ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • ross dependency — a territory in Antarctica, including Ross Island, the coasts along the Ross Sea, and adjacent islands: a dependency of New Zealand. About 175,000 sq. mi. (453,250 sq. km).
  • sacred mushroom — any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, esp species of Psilocybe and Amanita, that have been eaten in rituals in various parts of the world
  • sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
  • sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
  • sanitary cordon — cordon sanitaire.
  • scala cordonata — a ramp having the form of broad, slightly inclined steps.
  • scared to death — terrified
  • school district — A school district is an area which includes all the schools that are situated within that area and are governed by a particular authority.
  • schooner-rigged — rigged as a schooner, especially with gaff sails and staysails only.
  • sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
  • scolding bridle — branks.
  • scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
  • scorpion spider — whipscorpion.
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
  • secondary cause — a cause which is not the primary or ultimate cause
  • secondary color — a color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
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