15-letter words containing ref
- achilles reflex — ankle jerk.
- barefoot doctor — (esp in developing countries) a worker trained as a medical auxiliary in a rural area who dispenses medicine, gives first aid, assists at childbirth, etc
- counterreformer — a reformer who acts in opposition to another reform
- cross-reference — A cross-reference is a note in a book which tells you that there is relevant or more detailed information in another part of the book.
- interreflection — The illumination of an object by reflected light from other objects that are not light sources.
- irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
- irrefragability — How irrefragable something is.
- patellar reflex — knee jerk.
- photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
- pre-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
- preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
- preferred stock — stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.
- prefix notation — (language) (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
- refamiliarizing — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
- refer to drawer — a request by a bank that the payee consult the drawer concerning a cheque payable by that bank (usually because the drawer has insufficient funds in his account), payment being suspended in the meantime
- reference frame — frame of reference (def 2).
- reference group — a group with which an individual identifies and whose values the individual accepts as guiding principles.
- reference point — a point used to find or describe the location of something
- reference strip — a strip of film used to help calculate and monitor the exposing and processing of photographs
- refined fortran — (RF) Similar to Refined C. Research implementations only. "Refined Fortran: Another Sequential Language for Parallel Programming," H.G. Dietz et al, Proc 1986 Intl Conf Parallel Proc, pp.184-191.
- refinery revamp — A refinery revamp is a change in the technology or processes used in a refinery.
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- refortification — the act or state of being refortified
- refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
- refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
- retroreflection — of or relating to a surface, material, or device (retroreflector) that reflects light or other radiation back to its source; reflective.
- retroreflective — of or relating to a surface, material, or device (retroreflector) that reflects light or other radiation back to its source; reflective.
- self-preference — the act of preferring.
- self-refinement — fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
- self-reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- self-reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- superefficiency — the quality or condition of being superefficient
- the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
- trade reference — a reference in which one trader gives his opinion as to the creditworthiness of another trader in the same trade, esp to a supplier
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