14-letter words containing a, d, h, o
- data warehouse — Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization: The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.
- daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- dead to rights — in an undeniably incriminating situation; red-handed
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- decorated shed — a contemporary design concept characterized by buildings generally of purely utilitarian design but with fronts intended to give them more grandeur or to announce their functions.
- deep hack mode — hack mode
- dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- dehumanization — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- dehydrogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate.
- dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- delphic oracle — the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity
- deparochialize — to make parochial.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- dermatographia — a common medical condition in which lightly rubbing the skin produces red, often raised, temporary marks
- dermatographic — relating to dermatography
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- detached house — a house that is not joined to any other house
- diachronically — in a diachronic fashion
- diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- diamond-shaped — rhombic
- diaphanousness — The quality of being diaphanous.
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- dichotomically — division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
- dichromic acid — an unstable dibasic oxidizing acid known only in solution and in the form of dichromate salts. Formula: H2Cr2O7
- dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- dithionic acid — a strong, unstable acid, H 2 S 2 O 6 , known only in solution and in the form of its salts.
- dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- down the hatch — drinks toast
- draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- draughts board — A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal-sized, black and white squares.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
- drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- 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
- dutch colonial — of or relating to the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves over porches on the long sides.
- dutch cupboard — a buffet with open upper shelves.