14-letter words containing rie
- manuel noriega — Manuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
- methane series — alkane series.
- microbreweries — Plural form of microbrewery.
- micronutrients — Plural form of micronutrient.
- misorientation — a bad or incorrect orientation
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- nonproprietary — (especially of computer hardware or software) conforming to standards that are in the public domain or are widely licensed, and so not restricted to one manufacturer.
- nutrient-dense — (of food) relatively rich in nutrients for the number of calories contained: A potato is a nutrient-dense carbohydrate.
- orient express — an express passenger train in service between Paris and Istanbul from 1883 until 1977, using various routes. Some or parts of the routes continue to be served by regular service and by rail tours.
- oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- oriental topaz — a variety of corundum resembling topaz in colour and used as a gemstone
- ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
- ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
- paschen series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- people carrier — large saloon car
- postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
- prairie clover — any plant belonging to the genus Petalostemon, of the legume family, common in western North America, having pinnately compound leaves and spikes of white, purple, or pink flowers.
- prairie crocus — a spring flower of the buttercup family
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- prairie oyster — a raw egg, or the yolk of a raw egg, often mixed with seasonings, as salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and used as a hangover remedy.
- prairie school — a group of early 20th-century architects of the Chicago area who designed houses and other buildings with emphasized horizontal lines responding to the flatness of the Midwestern prairie; the best-known member was Frank Lloyd Wright.
- prairie turnip — breadroot.
- prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
- pre-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- press briefing — a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something
- proprietorship — the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.
- rainbow series — (publication) Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
- retrievability — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
- rievaulx abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Helmsley in Yorkshire: built in the 12th century and abandoned at the dissolution of the monasteries; landscaped in the 18th century
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- scotch terrier — Scottish terrier.
- series winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in series
- siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
- sub-treasuries — a subordinate or branch treasury.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- tate galleries — two art galleries in London, the original Tate Gallery (1897), now Tate Britain, and Tate Modern, created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- the stannaries — a tin-mining district of Devon and Cornwall, formerly under the jurisdiction of special courts
- thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
- ticket barrier — gate in train station
- trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
- tried and true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- tried-and-true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- unfriendedness — the state of being unfriended
- unpleasantries — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- uranium series — the radioactive series that starts with uranium 238 and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 206.