14-letter words containing rin
- mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
- misremembering — Present participle of misremember.
- mountaineering — The sport or activity of climbing mountains.
- mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- needle bearing — an antifriction roller bearing in which long rollers of very small diameter fill the race without a cage to provide spacers between them
- neuroendocrine — of or relating to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, especially in relation to hormones.
- news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
- newton's rings — a series of bright and dark rings that appear when a convex lens comes into contact with a glass plate, and which are caused by light interference
- nitroglycerine — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- nixon doctrine — the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.
- non-astringent — Medicine/Medical. contracting; constrictive; styptic.
- nondoctrinaire — not concerned with or related to doctrine
- nonengineering — not related to or involving engineering
- noninterfering — Not interfering.
- nontrinitarian — One who rejects or does not ascribe to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
- norepinephrine — Also called noradrenaline. Physiology. a neurotransmitter, released by adrenergic nerve terminals in the autonomic and possibly the central nervous system, that has such effects as constricting blood vessels, raising blood pressure, and dilating bronchi.
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
- organochlorine — Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules.
- outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- overinvestment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
- pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
- parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
- peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
- peremptoriness — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- perineal gland — one of a pair of glands that are situated near the anus in some mammals and secrete an odorous substance
- pierian spring — a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
- pigging string — (in rodeo calf roping) a short length of rope used to bind a calf's legs after it is lassoed.
- port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
- prince consort — a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- principal axis — Optics. a line passing through the center of the surface of a lens or spherical mirror and through the centers of curvature of all segments of the lens or mirror.
- principal type — The most general type of an expression. For example, the following are all valid types for the lambda abstraction (\ x . x): Int -> Int Bool -> Bool (a->b) -> (a->b) but any valid type will be an instance of the principal type: a -> a. An instance is derived by substituting the same type expression for all occurences of some type variable. The principal type of an expression can be computed from those of its subexpressions by Robinson's unification algorithm.
- principalities — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- print reporter — a reporter who works for a newspaper or magazine
- printed matter — any of various kinds of printed material that qualifies for a special postal rate.
- printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
- printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- printing error — a misprint or misspelling in a text
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- printing paper — sensitized paper for printing positives.
- printing press — a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.
- printing works — an establishment in which printing is carried out
- printout paper — sensitized paper for prints that darkens under light and requires treatment to fix an image: largely supplanted at the turn of the century by developing-out paper. Abbreviation: P.O.P.
- profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.