13-letter words containing res
- press release — news update or bulletin
- press section — a section or part of an area, as at the scene of a public event, reserved for reporters.
- press-agentry — the vocation or responsibilities of a press agent.
- pressed brick — face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
- pressed glass — molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.
- pressure cone — a small, radially striated rock structure produced by intense shock, such as generated by meteorite impact.
- pressure drag — the part of the total drag of a body moving through a gas or liquid caused by the components of the pressures at right angles to the surface of the body
- pressure head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- pressure hull — the inner, pressure-resistant hull of a submarine.
- pressure suit — pressurized suit.
- pressure-cook — to cook in a pressure cooker.
- pressure-feed — a system in which the supply of material is maintained by applied pressure
- presterilized — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- private press — a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime
- progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- progressively — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- progressivism — the principles and practices of progressives.
- progressivist — the principles and practices of progressives.
- progressivity — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- real presence — the doctrine that the substance of the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist.
- recompression — the act or process of compressing something again
- reforestation — to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- representable — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- representamen — (in semiotics) a sign or signifier, whether physical or otherwise, which points to an object
- representment — an act of representing or an instance thereof
- repressionist — an advocate of repression; someone who argues for or holds to repressive measures
- rescue worker — someone who works to bring people out of danger, attack, harm, etc, esp after a disaster, accident, etc
- research park — an industrial park whose facilities are devoted to research and development.
- research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- resegregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- reserve price — floor price.
- reserve-grade — denoting a sporting team of the second rank in a club
- reserved list — a list of retired naval, army, or air-force officers available for recall to active service in an emergency
- reserved word — a word in a programming language or computer system that has a fixed meaning and therefore cannot be redefined by a programmer
- resident head — someone who is charge of running and supervising a student residence
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- resistiveness — the quality or state of being resistive or offering resistance
- resource fork — Macintosh file system
- respirometric — of or relating to respirometers or respirometry
- response time — Psychology. the time consumed in making a response.
- restandardize — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- restauranteur — the owner or manager of a restaurant.
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation