14-letter words containing a, d, r, e, s, t
- mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
- mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
- merritt island — a town in E Florida.
- method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
- metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
- middle eastern — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
- mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
- moderate-sized — not large or small
- mont-de-marsan — a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- motor-assisted — mechanically assisted by a motor
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
- nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
- nonresidential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
- northeastwards — northeastward.
- northwestwards — northwestward.
- ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
- orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- osteodermatous — characterized by osteodermal skin
- over-advertise — to advertise too much
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paddle steamer — a vessel propelled by paddle wheels and driven by steam.
- painted desert — a region in N central Arizona, E of the Colorado River: many-colored rock surfaces.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- partners' desk — a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- pedestrianized — A pedestrianized area has been made into an area that is intended for pedestrians, not vehicles.
- picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
- plaza de toros — a bullring.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- power-assisted — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity