14-letter words containing a, d, o, u, r, s
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- disillusionary — of or relating to disillusion
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- 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.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- 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.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- 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
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- 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
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- harewood house — a mansion near Harrogate in Yorkshire: built 1759–71 by John Carr for the Lascelles family; interior decoration by Robert Adam
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- lord spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
- measure swords — to duel with swords
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- non-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.