13-letter words containing r
- 's gravenhage — The Hague
- -in-residence — appointed to work at, and usually residing at, a given institution, as a college, for a certain period
- -proportioned — -proportioned is added to adverbs to form adjectives that indicate that the size and shape of the different parts of something or someone are pleasing or useful.
- a bitter pill — If a person or group has to accept a failure or an unpleasant piece of news, you can say that it was a bitter pill or a bitter pill to swallow.
- a day's march — A day's march is the distance that a group of soldiers can march in one day.
- a dead ringer — If you say that one person is a ringer or a dead ringer for another, you mean that they look exactly like each other.
- a dirty shame — a very unfortunate circumstance
- a hand's turn — a small amount of work
- a little bird — a (supposedly) unknown informant
- a rough patch — If you have or go through a rough patch, you have a lot of problems for a time.
- a square meal — If you have a square meal, you have a large healthy meal.
- a stout heart — courage; resolution
- a votre sante — to your health
- a-proposition — a universal affirmative proposition
- aaron's beard — rose of Sharon (def 2).
- aaron's-beard — rose of Sharon (def 2).
- abbey theatre — an influential theatre in Dublin (opened 1904): associated with it were Synge, Yeats, Lady Gregory, and O'Casey. It was destroyed by fire in 1951 but was rebuilt; it reopened in 1966
- abbreviations — a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, as Dr. for Doctor, U.S. for United States, lb. for pound.
- abelian group — a group the defined binary operation of which is commutative: if a and b are members of an Abelian group then ab = ba
- aberdeenshire — a council area and historical county of N Scotland, on the North Sea: became part of Grampian Region in 1975 but reinstated as an independent unitary authority (with adjusted borders) in 1996: rises to the Grampian and Cairngorm Mountains in the SW: chiefly agricultural (esp sheep and stock raising). Administrative centre: Aberdeen. Pop: 229 330 (2003 est). Area 6319 sq km (2439 sq miles)
- abnormalities — an abnormal condition, state, or quality; irregularity; deviation.
- aboricultural — Common misspelling of arboricultural.
- aboriginalism — a view of aboriginal cultures as being primitive and exotic, and having little to do with the modern world
- aboriginality — the state of being Aboriginal, esp with regard to having a common Aboriginal culture
- abortifacient — causing abortion
- abortion pill — a drug, such as mifepristone, used to terminate a pregnancy in its earliest stage
- absentee rate — the percentage of people who are absent each day from a school or company
- absolute zero — Absolute zero is a theoretical temperature that is thought to be the lowest possible temperature.
- absorbability — to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
- absorbed dose — the amount of energy transferred by nuclear or ionizing radiation to a unit mass of absorbing material
- abstract noun — a noun that refers to an abstract concept, as for example kindness
- abstractional — relating to abstraction
- abundant year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- academic rank — the rank held by members of academic staff having titles such as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor etc
- academic year — the period of the year during which students attend school or university
- academy award — any of the annual awards for artistic and technical achievement given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- acaridomatium — a place on a plant leaf suitable for mites to live
- acaroid resin — an alcohol-soluble gum resin taken from various grass trees, used in varnishes, etc.: unique among natural resins because it forms a hard, insoluble, chemical-resistant film when heated
- accelerations — Plural form of acceleration.
- accelerograph — an accelerometer containing a pendulum device for measuring and recording ground motions produced by earthquakes.
- accelerometer — an instrument for measuring acceleration, esp of an aircraft or rocket
- accept a card — If a hotel or restaurant accepts a card, they agree that a credit card can be used to pay the bill.
- accept a risk — If an insurance company accepts a risk, it agrees to underwrite a risk or to accept a person or company as a client.
- access broker — a lobbyist or public-relations executive who was formerly a political figure or otherwise has connections to high officials in a governmental administration.
- access charge — a fee charged to long-distance telephone companies and their customers by a local telephone company for use of its lines.
- access course — An access course is an educational course which prepares adults with few or no qualifications for study at a university or other place of higher education.
- accessariness — The state of being accessary.
- accessorizing — to fit or equip with accessories: to accessorize a car with special seat covers.
- acciaccaturas — Plural form of acciaccatura.
- accommodators — a person or thing that accommodates.
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