16-letter words that end in re
- justices in eyre — the justices travelling on circuit and presiding over such courts
- kangaroo closure — a form of closure in which the chair or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others
- kekulé structure — the structure of many molecules, notably benzene, suggested by Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–96), the German chemist
- keynote software — A company which offers software-based business contact directories for people who develop, manufacture, market, or distribute software or multimedia products. E-mail: <[email protected]> (Subject: SEND INDEX).
- lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
- laodicea ad mare — the chief port of Syria, in the northwest: tobacco industry. Pop: 486 000 (2005 est) (Latin name)
- lighting fixture — a lighting fixture is part of a light that is attached to the wall or ceiling where you put the light bulb or other lighting element, and which cannot be easily removed
- lissajous figure — the series of plane curves traced by an object executing two mutually perpendicular harmonic motions.
- littoral warfare — military combat conducted in coastal areas.
- material culture — the aggregate of physical objects or artifacts used by a society.
- menippean satire — a form of satire that is indirect and nonrealistic in approach and that consists typically of a loosely organized narrative incorporating a series of dialogues between representatives of various points of view
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
- multimillionaire — a person who possesses a fortune that amounts to many millions of dollars, francs, etc.
- northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
- osmotic pressure — the force that a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which it cannot penetrate, when separated by it from pure solvent.
- partial pressure — the pressure that a gas in a mixture of gases would exert if it occupied the same volume as the mixture at the same temperature.
- pays de la loire — a region of W France, on the Bay of Biscay: generally low-lying, drained by the River Loire and its tributaries; agricultural
- period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
- phrase structure — the hierarchical arrangement of the constituent words and phrases of a sentence.
- postremogeniture — a system of inheritance under which the estate of a deceased person goes to his youngest son. Also called ultimogeniture. Compare primogeniture (def 2).
- preference share — a share of preferred stock.
- reception centre — A reception centre is a place where people who have no homes or are being looked after by the government can live until somewhere else is found for them to live.
- registered share — a stock registered to the owner's name
- report structure — A report structure is a structure containing a reporting clause and a reported clause or a quote.
- residential care — the provision by a welfare agency of a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as children in care or mentally handicapped adults
- retrocessionaire — a reinsurance company that accepts or takes a retrocession.
- rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- room temperature — a comfortable temperature range indoors, usually considered to be 68 to 77°F (20 to 25°C).
- root mean square — the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the numbers in a given set of numbers. Abbreviation: rms.
- sales literature — all of the literature, such as brochures, price lists, and customer testimonials, that a company uses to promote its goods, products, or services to the public
- security measure — a precaution taken against terrorism, espionage or other danger
- shuttle armature — a simple H-shaped armature used in small direct-current motors
- social structure — structure (def 9).
- street furniture — pieces of equipment, such as streetlights and pillar boxes, placed in the street for the benefit of the public
- systems software — Computers. a collection of system programs for use with a particular computer system.
- teachers' centre — (in Britain) a place that provides a central store of educational aids, such as films and display material, and also in-service training, and is available for use to all the teachers within a particular area
- the lion's share — the largest portion
- tiananmen square — a large plaza in central Beijing, China: noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.
- tienanmen square — Tiananmen Square.
- tray agriculture — hydroponics.
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
- valet de chambre — valet (def 1).
- whited sepulchre — hypocrite
- woodland culture — a long pre-Columbian tradition characterized by the corded pottery of a hunting and later agricultural people of the eastern U.S. noted for the construction of burial mounds and other structures and dating from c1000 b.c. to a.d. 1700.