16-letter words containing res
- accrued interest — interest which has been earned since an investment was made or since a previous interest payment
- anode resistance — (of a vacuum tube at a given level of output) the ratio of a small change in voltage of the anode to the corresponding small change in anode current.
- anti-progressive — 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.
- applied research — research that is put to practical use
- as a last resort — If you do something as a last resort, you do it because you can find no other way of getting out of a difficult situation or of solving a problem.
- audience figures — the number of people regularly watching a television programme or listening to a radio programme
- autofluorescence — (biology, microscopy) Self-induced fluorescence.
- autoregressively — In an autoregressive manner.
- ballast resistor — ballast (def 5a).
- ballast-resistor — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- birthday present — a gift given to someone on their birthday
- bleeder resistor — a resistor connected across the output terminals of a power supply in order to improve voltage regulation and to discharge filter capacitors
- bracknell forest — a unitary authority in SE England, in E Berkshire. Pop: 110 100 (2003 est). Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- breath freshener — a mint or other sweet that one can suck or chew to release a scent that freshens the breath
- bullet-resistant — not allowing bullets to pass through
- capital reserves — the money which a company holds in reserve
- careers mistress — a female teacher who gives pupils advice and information about careers
- catachrestically — In a catachrestic way.
- cavity resonator — a conducting surface enclosing a space in which an oscillating electromagnetic field can be maintained, the dimensions of the cavity determining the resonant frequency of the oscillations. It is used in microwave devices for frequencies exceeding 300 megahertz
- chinese crescent — crescent (def 6).
- citizen's arrest — If someone makes a citizen's arrest, they catch someone who they believe has committed a crime and inform the police.
- compressed video — video compression
- compression wave — a shock wave that compresses the medium through which it is transmitted.
- congressionalist — of or relating to a congress.
- counter-response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
- crease-resistant — (of a fabric, garment, etc) designed to remain uncreased when subjected to wear or use
- crested screamer — a goose-like aquatic bird, Chauna torquata, of the family Anhimidae of tropical and subtropical South America, having a crest on the back of its head: order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, etc)
- cross-resistance — immunologic resistance to the pathogenic effects of a microorganism because of previous exposure to another species or type having cross-reactive antigens.
- cryopreservation — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
- data compression — the act of compressing.
- depression glass — cheap glassware mass-produced during the Depression of the 1930s, usually molded in patterns in pale colors, and collectible since the early 1970s
- depressurization — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- digital research — (company) The company which developed CP/M, the operating system used on many of the first generation 8-bit microprocessor-based personal computers. Digital Research also produced DR-DOS. Address: Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
- dressing station — a post or center that gives first aid to the wounded, located near a combat area.
- dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
- ethernet address — (networking) (Or "MAC address") The physical address identifying an individual Ethernet controller board. An Ethernet addess is a 48-bit number aabbccddeeff where a-f are hexadecimal digits. The first 24 bits, aabbcc, identify the manufacturer of the controller. The Ethernet address is hard-wired on some controllers, stored in a ROM on some, and others allow it to be changed from software. It is usually written as six hexadecimal numbers, e.g. 08:00:20:03:72:DC. See also ARP, Internet address.
- expressionlessly — Without expression; in an expressionless way.
- extraterrestrial — Of or from outside the earth or its atmosphere.
- fancy dress ball — a ball at which the guests wear fancy dress
- farewell address — (initial capital letters) U.S. History. a statement that President George Washington published in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1796 to announce that he would not run for a third term and to give his views on foreign and domestic policy.
- fertile crescent — an agricultural region extending from the Levant to Iraq.
- file compression — (algorithm) The compression of data in a file, usually to reduce storage requirements.
- fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
- for all sb cares — You can use for all I care to emphasize that it does not matter at all to you what someone does.
- founders' shares — shares awarded to the founders of a company and often granting special privileges
- freshly squeezed — You can describe juice that has been recently pressed out of fruit as freshly squeezed.
- freshwater pearl — any of the small pearls produced especially by freshwater mussels.
- full court press — Basketball. a tactic of harassing, close-guarding defense in which the team without the ball pressures the opponent man-to-man the entire length of the court in order to disrupt dribbling or passing and force a turnover: Suddenly behind by eighteen points, they went to a full-court press.
- full-court press — Basketball. a tactic of harassing, close-guarding defense in which the team without the ball pressures the opponent man-to-man the entire length of the court in order to disrupt dribbling or passing and force a turnover: Suddenly behind by eighteen points, they went to a full-court press.
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