14-letter words containing a, c, n, d, u
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
- sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
- superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- to cut and run — If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way.
- tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- 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-adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- un-depreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
- un-dialectical — dialectic.
- un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- unacademically — in an unacademic manner
- unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
- unaccommodated — not accommodated; not adapted.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unacculturated — (of a person or group) not acculturated or assimilated
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
- unconcentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
- unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- uncontaminated — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- uncorroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- 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
- undecidability — the quality of being undecidable
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- under contract — If you are under contract to someone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.
- 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.
- under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- undereducation — to educate too little or poorly.