17-letter words containing ra
- demonstrativeness — The state or quality of being demonstrative.
- development grant — a grant awarded, esp by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product
- dialect geography — linguistic geography
- diaphragm pessary — a device for inserting into the vagina to deliver a drug, such as a contraceptive
- diaphragm shutter — a camera shutter having a group of overlapping blades that open and close at the center when exposing film.
- diaphragmatically — By use of the diaphragm; in a diaphragmatic way.
- differential rate — a special lower rate, as one charged by one of two or more competing businesses.
- digital immigrant — a person who has become familiar with computers, the Internet, and other digital technology as a young adult or later in life. Compare digital native.
- dimethylhydrazine — a flammable, highly toxic, and colorless liquid, C 2 H 8 N 2 , used as a component in jet and rocket fuels.
- dirt track racing — motorcycle racing on a dirt track
- dishonourableness — Alternative spelling of dishonorableness.
- dissipation trail — a clear rift left behind an aircraft flying through a thin cloud layer.
- distillers' grain — a by-product of the distillation process for making whisky, used as an animal foodstuff
- double refraction — the separation of a ray of light into two unequally refracted, plane-polarized rays of orthogonal polarizations, occurring in crystals in which the velocity of light rays is not the same in all directions.
- double track line — a railway line with double track
- dow jones average — The Dow Jones Average is a daily measurement of stock-exchange prices, based on the average price of a selected number of securities.
- drained of colour — colourless
- dramatis personae — (used with a plural verb) the characters in a play.
- drawn-thread work — ornamental needlework done by drawing threads out of the fabric and using the remaining threads to form lacelike patterns
- dynamic insurance — Dynamic insurance is a type of insurance coverage where the policyholder can choose to increase benefits and premiums by a fixed percentage each year to offset the effects of inflation.
- east grand rapids — a town in W central Michigan, near Grand Rapids.
- eastern tradition — any of the philosophies and teachings that derive from Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and other spiritual traditions of the East
- eastern transvaal — Mpumalanga
- echocardiographer — A person who performs echocardiography.
- echocardiographic — Of or pertaining to echocardiography.
- echoencephalogram — a graphic record produced by an echoencephalograph.
- ectoparasiticides — Plural form of ectoparasiticide.
- edward fitzgerald — Edward, 1809–83, English poet: translator of drama and poetry, especially of Omar Khayyám.
- egyptian brackets — (programming, humour) A humourous term for K&R indent style, referring to the "one hand up in front, one down behind" pose which popular culture inexplicably associates with Egypt.
- ehelp corporation — (company) A vendor of Microsoft Windows application development tools such as RoboHELP and RoboDemo. EHelp were formerly (around 1997) Blue Sky Software. Address: 7777 Fay Avenue, Suite 201, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Telephone: +1-800-793-0364, +1 (619) 459 6365. Fax: +1 (619) 459 6366.
- electoral college — officials: vote for president
- electrocardiogram — A record or display of a person’s heartbeat produced by electrocardiography.
- electrofiltration — Electrofiltration is a separation process in which an electric field is applied across a filter to improve separation.
- electromyographic — Using electromyography.
- electroretinogram — A record of the electrical activity of the retina, used in medical diagnosis and research.
- elevator operator — a person who operates a platform raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport people from floor to floor in a building
- emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
- emissions trading — the buying and selling of allowances for pollutant emissions
- ethinyloestradiol — Alternative form of ethinylestradiol.
- experience rating — Experience rating is a method of adjusting the premium for a risk based on past loss experience for that risk compared to loss experience for an average risk.
- extraordinariness — The property of being extraordinary.
- extraordinary ray — the plane-polarized ray of light that does not obey the laws of refraction in a doubly refracting crystal
- extrasolar planet — any other celestial body revolving around a star, illuminated by light from that star
- extraterrestrials — Plural form of extraterrestrial.
- federal land bank — a U.S. federal bank for making long-term loans to farmers.
- felix frankfurter — Felix, 1882–1965, U.S. jurist, born in Austria: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–62.
- fendalton tractor — a four-wheel drive recreational vehicle
- ferroelectric ram — Ferroelectric Random Access Memory
- first triumvirate — the political alliance of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey, formed in 60 bc
- fitness programme — a plan to help someone improve their health and physical condition