16-letter words containing rin
- herringbone bond — a brickwork bond in which the exposed brickwork is bonded to the heart of the wall by concealed courses of bricks laid diagonally to the faces of the wall in a herringbone pattern, with the end of each brick butting against the side of the adjoining brick; a form of raking bond.
- herringbone gear — a helical gear having teeth that lie on the pitch cylinder in a V -shaped form so that one half of each tooth is on a right-handed helix and the other half on a left-handed helix.
- hyperinnervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hyperinsulinemic — Suffering from or characterized by hyperinsulinemia, an excessively high level of insulin in the blood.
- hyperintelligent — having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
- icterine warbler — a European variety of tree warbler (Hippolais icterina )
- ink-jet printing — a high-speed typing or printing process in which charged droplets of ink issuing from nozzles are directed onto paper under computer control.
- interest-bearing — paying interest
- intrinsic factor — a glycoprotein, secreted by the gastric mucosa, that is involved in the intestinal absorption of vitamin B 12 .
- intrinsic parity — parity1 (def 4b).
- keep on a string — to have control or a hold over (someone), esp emotionally
- ladies'-earrings — lady's-earrings.
- large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
- led page printer — LED printer
- lesser sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 2).
- mach's principle — the proposition that there is no absolute space and that the inertia and acceleration of a body are determined by all of the matter of the universe.
- maclaurin series — a Taylor series in which the reference point is zero.
- magnetic bearing — the bearing of a point relative to that of the nearest magnetic pole.
- mandarin chinese — the official language of China since 1917; the form of Chinese spoken by about two thirds of the population and taught in schools throughout China
- marine barometer — a barometer for use on shipboard, especially one mounted on gimbals so as to minimize the effects of the motion of the vessel.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- marine insurance — ocean marine insurance.
- marine scientist — a scientist concerned with the sea
- measuring device — gauge
- mengagement ring — an engagement ring bought for a man
- microengineering — The engineering of microscopic devices.
- money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
- nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- peregrine falcon — a globally distributed falcon, Falco peregrinus, much used in falconry because of its swift flight: several subspecies are endangered.
- piscis austrinus — a small constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Aquarius and Grus and containing the first-magnitude star Fomalhaut
- prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- principal clause — the main clause.
- principal rafter — a diagonal member of a roof principal, usually forming part of a truss and supporting the purlins on which the common rafters rest.
- print journalism — journalism as practiced in newspapers and magazines.
- printer's reader — a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors
- process printing — a method of printing almost any color by using a limited number of separate color plates, as yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, in combination.
- projection print — a print made by the projection of an image onto sensitized paper.
- pull the strings — be in control
- reentering angle — an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°.
- relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
- restoring spring — a spring so located that it returns a displaced part to its normal position.
- ring the changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- ring-billed gull — a North American gull, Larus delawarensis, having a black ring around the bill.
- ring-necked duck — a North American scauplike duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring around the neck.
- rumour-mongering — the act of spreading rumours