14-letter words containing t, r, a, g, e
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
- pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- radiant energy — energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion.
- radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
- rags to riches — You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
- rattle through — If you rattle through something, you deal with it quickly in order to finish it.
- re-investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- reading notice — a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.
- reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- recent changes — Recent changes to FOLDOC.
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- redintegration — the act or process of redintegrating.
- redintegrative — to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.
- reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
- reefing jacket — a man's short double-breasted jacket of sturdy wool
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- refugee status — the state of being a person who has fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution, esp in a foreign country in the eyes of the law
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- regenerateness — the state or quality of being regenerated, regeneration
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- regressive tax — a tax which is levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases
- regulator gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
- reinvigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reorganization — the act or process of reorganizing; state of being reorganized.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- reregistration — the act of registering.
- retail banking — banking for individual customers
- retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
- retirement age — law: age sb stops working
- retrogradation — backward movement.
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- right triangle — a triangle having a right angle (contrasted with oblique triangle).
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- roentgenograph — roentgenogram.
- roentgenopaque — not permitting the passage of x-rays.