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16-letter words containing re

  • sunray treatment — treatment using a sunray lamp
  • superb blue wren — a small Australian bird, Malurus cyaneus, the adult male of which has bright blue plumage
  • suprarenal gland — adrenal gland.
  • sushi restaurant — a restaurant serving sushi
  • syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
  • systems software — Computers. a collection of system programs for use with a particular computer system.
  • tamper-resistant — difficult to tamper with: a tamper-resistant cap on a medicine bottle.
  • tariff agreement — an agreement between countries or geographical areas relating to taxes levied by governments on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
  • tax depreciation — Tax depreciation is depreciation in a company's internal financial records that is different from the amount that is used for the internal books.
  • teachers' centre — (in Britain) a place that provides a central store of educational aids, such as films and display material, and also in-service training, and is available for use to all the teachers within a particular area
  • teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
  • temperature spot — a sensory area in the skin that selectively responds to increased or decreased temperature; a warm spot or a cold spot.
  • tensile strength — the resistance of a material to longitudinal stress, measured by the minimum amount of longitudinal stress required to rupture the material.
  • teutoburg forest — region of low, forested mountains, mostly in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: highest point, c. 1,500 ft (457 m)
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • texture modifier — a substance that is added to food products to increase viscosity
  • the barren lands — a region of tundra in N Canada, extending westwards from Hudson Bay: sparsely inhabited, chiefly by Inuit
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
  • the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
  • the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
  • the four hundred — the most exclusive or affluent social clique in a particular place
  • the great escape — a film (1963) directed by John Sturges, written by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett, based on a book by Paul Brickhill, and starring Steve McQueen. It follows an attempt made by Allied prisoners of war to escape a German prisoner of war camp during World War II
  • the great gatsby — a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • the great karroo — karroo in S South Africa: c. 350 mi (563 km) long & 2,000 to 3,000 ft (610 to 914 m) high
  • the great powers — the states or nations of the world with the most economic, political and military strength
  • the green berets — a force of the US army also known as the United States Army Special Forces. Their missions included counter-terrorism and internal defense, and the troops are trained for guerrilla warfare
  • the here and now — the present time
  • the lion's share — the largest portion
  • the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
  • the red brigades — a group of urban guerrillas, based in Italy, who kidnapped and murdered the former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro (1916–78) in 1978
  • the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
  • the resurrection — the rising of Jesus from the dead after his death and burial
  • the retired list — officers who have retired and are on a pension
  • the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
  • the yellow press — (formerly) popular newspapers publishing sensational stories
  • theatre workshop — a theatre company that is noted for the unconventional theatrical performances it puts on, especially with reference to a company based in the East End of London from 1953 to 1973 that was founded in 1945 by Joan Littlewood
  • theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
  • there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
  • there's no hurry — If you say to someone 'There's no hurry' or 'I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
  • thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
  • three blind mice — nursery rhyme
  • three musketeers — French Les Trois Mousquetaires. a historical novel (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père.
  • three-ball match — a match among three players each of whom plays a ball.
  • three-card monte — a gambling game in which the players are shown three cards and bet that they can identify one particular card of the three, as stipulated by the dealer, after the cards have been moved around face down by the dealer.
  • three-card trick — a game in which players bet on which of three inverted playing cards is the queen
  • three-mile limit — the limit of the marine belt of three miles (4.8 km), which is included within the jurisdiction of the state possessing the coast.
  • three-piece suit — men's formal outfit
  • three-point line — Basketball. a field goal worth three points, made from behind a specified line (three-point line)
  • three-point play — a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.
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