16-letter words starting with r
- re-entry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
- re-establishment — the act or an instance of establishing.
- reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
- reaction turbine — a turbine driven by the reactive force of a fluid passing through the rotor blades.
- read only memory — ROM.
- read-only memory — ROM.
- reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
- real-time euclid — Real-time language, restriction to time-bounded constructs. ["Real-Time Euclid: A Language for Reliable Real-Time Systems", E. Kligerman et al, IEEE Trans Software Eng SE-12(9):941-1986-09-949].
- real-time mentat — An extension of C++. "Real-Time Mentat: A Data-Driven Object-Oriented System", A.S. Grimshaw et al, Proc IEEE Globecom, Nov 1989 pp.232-241.
- real-time pascal — (language) A later name for Pascal-80 by RC International, Denmark.
- real-time system — a data-processing system in which a computer receives constantly changing data, such as information relating to air-traffic control, travel booking systems, etc, and processes it sufficiently rapidly to be able to control the source of the data
- reap the harvest — If you reap the harvest, you benefit or suffer from the results of your past actions or of someone else's past actions.
- rear-view mirror — a mirror mounted on the side, windshield, or instrument panel of an automobile or other vehicle to provide the driver with a view of the area behind the vehicle.
- rear-wheel drive — a layout in motor vehicles which places the engine at the front and the driven wheels at the rear
- rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
- reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
- reasons of state — political justifications for an immoral act
- recapitalization — a revision of a corporation's capital structure by an exchange of securities.
- receiver general — a public official in charge of the government's treasury.
- 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.
- reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage
- reclassification — categorization in a different way
- reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- reconnection fee — an amount of money that a company charges customers in order to reconnect their supply of electricity, water, gas, or telephone after it has been stopped
- record separator — (character) (RS) ASCII character 30.
- recorded message — words spoken by someone and recorded electronically in order to be replayed again in future, esp automatically over the phone
- recording studio — place where music is recorded
- recovered memory — a memory of a past event that has been recalled after having been forgotten or repressed for a long time. Compare false-memory syndrome.
- recovery vehicle — a truck used to transport motor vehicles which have broken down to another location (generally a repair garage), or to recover vehicles which are no longer on a drivable surface
- recreational sex — sex for the purpose of pleasure rather than reproduction, without the commitment of a relationship
- rectified spirit — a constant-boiling mixture of ethanol and water, containing 95.6 per cent ethanol
- rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
- recursion theory — (theory) The study of problems that, in principle, cannot be solved by either computers or humans.
- recycling scheme — a scheme enabling the public to recycle waste
- red flour beetle — a reddish-brown flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, that feeds on stored grain, dried fruit, etc.
- red-flannel hash — hash made of ground corned beef, potatoes, and beets
- red-necked grebe — a large stocky grebe, Podiceps grisegena, of circumpolar regions having a dark neck: family Podicipedidae
- redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
- redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
- redemption yield — the yield produced by a redeemable gilt-edged security taking into account the annual interest it pays and an annualized amount to account for any profit or loss when it is redeemed
- redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
- redundancy money — a sum of money given by an employer to an employee who has been made redundant: usually calculated on the basis of the employee's rate of pay and length of service
- reentering angle — an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°.
- reference number — a unique number on an order, application, etc, used to designate and quickly locate that order, application, etc
- refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
- reflection plane — a plane through a crystal that divides the crystal into two halves that are mirror images of each other.
- reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
- refracting angle — an angle formed by a ray which is refracted and which is perpendicular to the refracting surface
- refractive index — index of refraction.
- refresher course — a study course serving as a review of previous education.