15-letter words containing y, i, n
- quezon y molina — Manuel Luis [mah-nwel lwees] /mɑˈnwɛl lwis/ (Show IPA), 1878–1944, Philippine political leader; 1st president of the Philippine Commonwealth 1933–44.
- quick-and-dirty — Informal. slipshod.
- racial minority — a group of a certain race that are in the minority compared to a larger group, the rest of the population, etc
- radio astronomy — the branch of astronomy that utilizes extraterrestrial radiation in radio wavelengths rather than visible light for the study of the universe.
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- radio sono-buoy — a buoy equipped to detect underwater noises and transmit them by radio
- radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
- radioimmunology — the study of biological substances or processes with the aid of antigens or antibodies labeled with a radioactive isotope.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- railway journey — a journey made by railway train
- railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
- railway station — train stop, railroad station
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- range paralysis — Marek's disease.
- ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
- ray-finned fish — any of various bony fishes of the subclass Actinopterygii, having strong slender rays, excluding the coelacanth and lungfish.
- re-entry permit — a permit required to return to certain countries after leaving for an extended period of time
- ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
- reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
- reality testing — the objective evaluation of situations, defective in certain psychoses, that enable one to distinguish between the external and the internal worlds and between the self and the nonself.
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
- recycling plant — a factory for processing used or abandoned materials
- reentry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
- refinery revamp — A refinery revamp is a change in the technology or processes used in a refinery.
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
- remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
- resurrectionary — pertaining to or of the nature of resurrection.
- revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- roll in the hay — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- rotary drilling — Rotary drilling is the use of a continuous circular motion of the drill bit to make a hole.
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- royal engineers — a branch of the British army that undertakes the building of fortifications, mines, bridges, and other engineering works
- royal poinciana — a tree, Delonix regia, of the legume family, native to Madagascar, having showy clusters of brilliant scarlet flowers and long, flat, woody pods.
- rubaiyat stanza — a quatrain patterned after those in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, of iambic pentameter and rhyming aaba.
- rudyard kipling — (Joseph) Rudyard [ruhd-yerd] /ˈrʌd yərd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.
- run-time system — (programming) (RTS, run-time support, run-time) Library code and processes which support software written in a particular language running on a particular platform. The RTS typically deals with details of the interface between the program and the operating system such as system calls, program start-up and termination, and memory management.
- salary increase — an increase in the salary or pay given to an employee
- salisbury plain — a plateau in S England, N of Salisbury: the site of Stonehenge.
- salivary glands — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- san jacinto day — a legal holiday observed in Texas on April 21.
- sanitary cordon — cordon sanitaire.
- sanitary napkin — a pad of absorbent material, as cotton, worn by women during menstruation to absorb the uterine flow.
- say one's piece — If you say your piece, you say everything you want to say about a particular matter without being interrupted, although people may be wanting to express opposing views.