14-letter words containing ire
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
- indre-et-loire — a department in W central France. 2378 sq. mi. (6160 sq. km). Capital: Tours.
- inner-directed — guided by internalized values rather than external pressures.
- leicestershire — a county in central England. 986 sq. mi. (2555 sq. km).
- maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
- merionethshire — a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- multireligious — belonging to or following more than one religion
- music director — The music director of an orchestra or other group of musicians is the person who decides what they will play and where, and usually conducts them as well.
- nondirectional — functioning equally well in all directions; omnidirectional.
- nondoctrinaire — not concerned with or related to doctrine
- north ayrshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the N part of the historical county of Ayrshire, including the Isle of Arran; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Irvine. Pop: 136 030 (2003 est). Area: 884 sq km (341 sq miles)
- on the viretot — in a rush
- other-directed — guided by a set of values that is derived from current trends or outward influences rather than from within oneself.
- ottoman empire — a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Capital: Constantinople.
- persian empire — Persia (def 1).
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
- postretirement — relating to or occurring in the period after retirement
- prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- questionnaires — Plural form of questionnaire.
- red-eyed vireo — an American vireo, Vireo olivaceus, having olive-green and white plumage and red irises.
- required-cobol — A minimal subset of COBOL developed in 1961. It was later dropped entirely.
- retirement age — law: age sb stops working
- retirement pay — a pension; the pay a retired person gets
- retreaded tire — A retreaded tire is a used tire with a new tread fixed to it.
- retrodirective — (of a mirror, reflector, etc.) having three reflecting surfaces so oriented that a ray of light is reflected in a direction parallel but opposite to its original direction.
- root directory — (file system) The topmost node of a hierarchical file system.
- russian empire — Russia (def 1).
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- saone-et-loire — a department in E France. 3331 sq. mi. (8625 sq. km). Capital: Mâcon.
- seanad eireann — the upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Compare Oireachtas (def 1).
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- semiretirement — the condition of being semiretired; partial retirement
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- solitary vireo — a vireo, Vireo solitarius, of North and Central America, having the top and sides of the head bluish-gray.
- south ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the S part of the historical county of Ayrshire; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Ayr. Pop: 111 580 (2003 est). Area: 1202 sq km (464 sq miles)
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- to return fire — If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- under the wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.