14-letter words containing r, o, u, n, d, e
- owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
- para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
- perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
- picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- pseudoscorpion — any of several small arachnids of the order Chelonethida that resemble a tailless scorpion and that feed chiefly on small insects.
- puncture wound — injury: perforation
- quarter window — (on a car) a small triangular side window with hinges that can be opened for extra ventilation
- queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- 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.
- readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- reintroduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- ride to hounds — to take part in a fox hunt with hounds
- ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- rounding error — an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
- serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
- shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- sld resolution — (logic, programming) (Selected, Linear, Definite) Linear resolution with a selection function for definite sentences. A definite sentence has exactly one positive literal in each clause and this literal is selected to be resolved upon, i.e. replaced in the goal clause by the conjunction of negative literals which form the body of the clause.
- sock suspender — garter (def 1).
- sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
- sodium nitrite — Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO 2 , soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes