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16-letter words containing s, i, d, r, a

  • sysdeco mimer ab — (company)   Part of the international software group Sysdeco Group AS. They developed the MIMER RDBMS. Address: Uppsala, Sweden.
  • tanimbar islands — a group of over 600 islands in E Indonesia, in the Banda Sea. About 2100 sq. mi. (5440 sq. km).
  • terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
  • the red brigades — a group of urban guerrillas, based in Italy, who kidnapped and murdered the former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro (1916–78) in 1978
  • the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
  • the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
  • the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
  • thioarsenic acid — any of three hypothetical acids, H3AsS4, HAsS3, and H4As2S7, known only in the forms of their salts
  • tiger salamander — a salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, common in North America, having a dark body marked with yellowish spots or bars.
  • tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
  • traditionalistic — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
  • trans-fatty acid — a polyunsaturated fatty acid that has been converted from the cis-form by hydrogenation: used in the manufacture of margarine
  • transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
  • transpeptidation — the process of transferring an amino acid or group of amino acids from one compound to another.
  • trap-door spider — any of several burrowing spiders, of the family Ctenizidae, that construct a tubular nest with a hinged lid.
  • tried-and-tested — recognized as reliable; found to be successful
  • tristan da cunha — a group of four volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, belonging to St. Helena. 40 sq. mi. (104 sq. km).
  • tungsten carbide — a very hard, black or gray compound of tungsten and carbon, used in the manufacture of cutting and abrasion tools, dies, and wear-resistant machine parts.
  • undersecretariat — a department or section of a ministry of which an under secretary is in charge.
  • undiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
  • undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • unfair dismissal — wrongful firing from a job
  • unrealized gains — Unrealized gains are gains from the increase in value of an asset that you still own.
  • upland sandpiper — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
  • vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
  • venereal disease — sexually transmitted disease. Abbreviation: VD.
  • video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
  • videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
  • ward christensen — (person)   The inventor of XMODEM and of the BBS. Ward did physics in college and programmed mainframes for IBM. Ward and friend Randy Suess set up their BBS on first on 1978-02-16 in Chicago. It ran on an S-100 computer with 64k RAM and two single-sided 8" 250kB diskettes.
  • weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
  • well-illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
  • western sandwich — a sandwich with a western omelet for a filling.
  • white wood aster — a composite plant, Aster divaricatus, of North America, having flat-topped clusters of white ray flowers and growing in dry woods.
  • whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
  • windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
  • windward islands — a group of islands in the SE West Indies, consisting of the S part of the Lesser Antilles: includes British, French, and independent territories.
  • windward passage — a strait in the West Indies, between Cuba and Haiti. 50 miles (80 km) wide.
  • wire-transferred — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
  • wisconsin rapids — a city in central Wisconsin.
  • word association — stimulation of an associative pattern by a word.
  • world federalism — federalism on a worldwide level.
  • world federalist — a promoter or supporter of world federalism.
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