14-letter words containing a, c, i, d, r, n
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- space invaders — a video or computer game, the object of which is to destroy attacking alien spacecraft
- speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- standard pitch — concert pitch
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- tracking radar — a radar system emitting a narrow beam which oscillates about the target, thus compensating for abrupt changes of direction
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- traffic island — a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
- traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- tricyanic acid — cyanuric acid.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- turn indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- un-depreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
- un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- uncredentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- under-achiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- undereducation — to educate too little or poorly.
- underinsurance — insurance purchased against damage or loss of property in an amount less than its true value, sometimes bought intentionally by the insured with full knowledge of the risk.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- undramatically — in an undramatic manner
- unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
- unincorporated — not chartered as a corporation; lacking the powers and immunities of a corporate enterprise: an unincorporated business.
- unmatriculated — (of a student) not enrolled in a college, university, or similar institution
- unprecipitated — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- unreciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- unromanticized — not romantic
- upper canadian — a native or inhabitant of Ontario.
- urban district — a minor administrative division in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with local self-government by a district council, but lacking the charter of a borough.
- valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
- valentine card — a card expressing love or affection, sent, often anonymously, to your sweetheart or satirically to a friend, on Saint Valentine's Day