14-letter words containing a, d, p, t, e, r
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- supersaturated — to increase the concentration of (a solution) beyond saturation; saturate abnormally.
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
- terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
- the gender gap — the difference in the attitudes, behaviour, abilities, etc, of men and women, or boys and girls
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- the upper hand — If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
- the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
- trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- ultracrepidate — to go beyond one's scope or province, esp to criticize beyond one's sphere of knowledge
- un-apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- un-depreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
- unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
- underpopulated — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- unincorporated — not chartered as a corporation; lacking the powers and immunities of a corporate enterprise: an unincorporated business.
- unprecipitated — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unpremeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- unpresidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- unreciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- war department — the department of the federal government that, from 1789 until 1947, was responsible for defense and the military establishment: in 1947 it became the Department of the Army, which became part of the Department of Defense when it was established in 1949.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- water dropwort — any of several umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Oenanthe, with umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
- well-practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality