14-letter words containing t, o, a, d
- recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
- recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
- redintegration — the act or process of redintegrating.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- reindoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- retrogradation — backward movement.
- ride at anchor — to be anchored
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- rigidification — the state or process of stiffening or rigidifying
- road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
- road transport — transport by road
- rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- rolled tobacco — loose tobacco that is rolled into cigarettes
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
- royal standard — a flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she (or he) is present
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
- saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- scalar product — inner product (def 1).
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- scorched earth — military policy: destroying enemy crops
- seaside resort — coastal holiday town
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- semi-automated — partially automated.
- serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.