14-letter words containing a, d, e, r, s, t
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- driftless area — a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
- drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
- duarte fuentes — José Napoleón [haw-se nah-paw-le-awn] /hɔˈsɛ nɑ pɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1926–90, Salvadoran political leader: president 1980–82, 1984–89.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- endurance test — a test to measure the ability of a person, machine, system, etc to deal with physical activity, use, etc
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- falseheartedly — In a falsehearted manner.
- farfetchedness — the quality of being far-fetched
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
- feather duster — a brush for dusting, made of a bundle of large feathers attached to a short handle.
- federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
- fillister head — a cylindrical screw head.
- fireside chats — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- flabberghasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabberghast.
- flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- forest of dean — a royal forest in Gloucestershire, in W England. About 180 sq. mi. (475 sq. km).
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fragmentedness — The quality of being fragmented.
- fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- freshness date — the last date, usually specified on the label or packaging, that a food, as bread, is considered fresh, although it may be sold, ordinarily at reduced prices, or eaten after that date.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- graduate nurse — a person who has graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
- granddaughters — Plural form of granddaughter.
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- graveyard stew — milk toast.
- grease-stained — stained with grease marks
- great kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- great red spot — a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years.
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- great-grandson — a grandson of one's son or daughter.
- greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- hair's breadth — A hair's breadth is a very small degree or amount.
- hair's-breadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand's-breadth — handbreadth
- hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
- head restraint — a rest or support of any kind for the head.