15-letter words containing s, c, r, e
- quasi-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- queen's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
- quincentenaries — Plural form of quincentenary.
- radar telescope — (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.
- 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.
- raster graphics — (graphics) Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics.
- raw milk cheese — cheese or a cheese made with unpasteurized milk
- reception class — A reception class is a class that children go into when they first start school at the age of four or five.
- reckless driver — sb who drives dangerously
- 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.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recoverableness — the ability to be recovered or chance of being able to recover
- recreationalist — recreationist.
- recycle solvent — A recycle solvent is a solvent (= a substance that can dissolve another substance) which is used in a recovery system.
- 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.
- red-back spider — a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
- 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
- reference strip — a strip of film used to help calculate and monitor the exposing and processing of photographs
- register office — building where civil records are kept
- registry office — a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.
- relative clause — a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or (that) I wrote in Here's the letter (that) I wrote.
- renaissance man — a cultured man of the Renaissance who was knowledgeable, educated, or proficient in a wide range of fields.
- renal corpuscle — Malpighian body (sense 2)
- reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
- 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
- rescue services — emergency services comprising employees, equipment, etc, which serve to bring people out of danger, attack, harm, etc, esp after a disaster, accident, etc
- research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
- research worker — investigative scientist
- reserve officer — a noncareer commissioned officer in a military reserve unit who has served on active duty and who may be recalled to active service during an emergency.
- reserve tranche — the quota of 25 per cent to which a member of the IMF has unconditional access. Prior to 1978 it was paid in gold and known as the gold tranche
- reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- resocialization — the process of learning new attitudes and norms required for a new social role.
- resource centre — a place which provides information, equipment and support
- resourcefulness — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- respecification — the act of specifying.
- restricted area — out of bounds to military personnel
- 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.
- resurrectionary — pertaining to or of the nature of resurrection.
- resurrectionism — the exhumation and stealing of dead bodies, especially for dissection.
- resurrectionist — a person who brings something to life or view again.
- resurrectionize — to bring back from or raise from the dead
- retail politics — a political strategy or campaign style of meeting and speaking directly to as many voters as possible: New Hampshire is a state where retail politics are decisive. Not every candidate is good at retail politics.
- retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.