18-letter words containing rr
- irregular variable — a variable star whose brightness variation is irregular.
- irreproachableness — The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
- irresponsibilities — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- kakorrhaphiophobia — (rare) the fear of failure or defeat.
- kerry blue terrier — one of an Irish breed of terriers having a soft, wavy, bluish-gray coat.
- lightning arrester — a device for preventing damage to radio, telephonic, or other electric equipment from lightning or other high-voltage currents, using spark gaps to carry the current to the ground without passing through the device.
- manchester terrier — one of a breed of slender terriers having a short, glossy, black-and-tan coat, raised originally in Manchester, England.
- marriage encounter — a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.
- marriage of figaro — Italian Le nozze di Figaro. an opera (1786) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- mathematical error — a mistake in a mathematical calculation, etc
- mountain cranberry — cowberry
- non-correspondence — communication by exchange of letters.
- northeast corridor — the long, narrow strip of land between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C., containing many adjacent urban areas.
- northern territory — an administrative division of N central Australia, on the Timor and Arafura Seas: the Arunta Desert lies in the east, the Macdonnell Ranges in the south, and Arnhem Land in the north (containing Australia's largest Aboriginal reservation); the Ashmore and Cartier Islands constitute a separate Australian External Territory. Capital: Darwin. Pop: 233 300 (2012 est). Area: 1 347 525 sq km (520 280 sq miles)
- optical carrier 12 — (networking) (OC-12) A SONET rate of 12 * 51.84 = 622.08 megabits per second.
- optical carrier 48 — (networking) (OC-48) A SONET rate of 48 * 51.84 = 2488.32 megabits per second.
- overrepresentation — to give too much representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately high.
- pierre d'iberville — Pierre le Moyne [pyer luh mwan] /pyɛr lə ˈmwan/ (Show IPA), Sieur, 1661–1706, French naval officer, born in Canada: founder of the first French settlement in Louisiana, 1699.
- point d'angleterre — a bobbin lace in which the design is worked out with either a needle or bobbin.
- preferred position — especially desirable advertising space for which, if it is specifically requested by the advertiser, a publication charges a premium rate.
- priority interrupt — (jargon) Any stimulus compelling enough to yank one right out of hack mode. Classically used to describe being dragged away by an SO for immediate sex, but may also refer to more mundane interruptions such as a fire alarm going off in the near vicinity. Also called an NMI (non-maskable interrupt), especially in PC-land.
- quarry-tiled floor — a floor covered with square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tiles
- refrigerated lorry — a lorry which is chilled in the back as for storing food
- respiratory arrest — cessation of breathing
- resurrection plant — a desert plant, Selaginella lepidophylla, occurring from Texas to South America, having stems that curl inward when dry.
- rr lyrae variables — any of the very regular, short-period, pulsating variable stars having periods between 1.5 and 29 hours
- schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- self-interrogation — the act of interrogating; questioning.
- sierra blanca peak — a mountain in S New Mexico: highest peak in the Sacramento Mountains. 11,997 feet (3651 meters).
- smooth fox terrier — a breed of short-haired fox terrier with a mostly white, smooth coat.
- sperry corporation — (company) The company which merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation. Divisions included Sperry Univac, Sperry Flight Systems, and others. Some of these were sold off after the merger.
- spike-tooth harrow — a harrow equipped with straight teeth on horizontal bars, usually employed to smooth and level plowed soil or seedbeds for planting or sowing.
- terrestrial planet — inner planet.
- territorial waters — law: nation's boundaries
- territorialization — to extend by adding new territory.
- territory of papua — a former territory of Australia, consisting of SE New Guinea and adjacent islands: now part of Papua New Guinea
- thermionic current — an electric current produced by the flow of thermions.
- to plough a furrow — If you say that someone ploughs a particular furrow or ploughs their own furrow, you mean that their activities or interests are different or isolated from those of other people.
- trickle irrigation — drip irrigation.
- warrant of fitness — a six-monthly certificate required for motor vehicles certifying mechanical soundness
- zorrilla (y moral) — Joˈsé (hɔˈsɛ ) ; h^ōseˈ) 1817-93; Sp. poet & playwright