16-letter words containing a, n, d, r, u, s
- disreputableness — The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability.
- distributionally — In a distributional manner.
- divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
- double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- drunkard's chair — a low, deep armchair of the 18th century.
- dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
- ducks and drakes — Also, duck and drake. a pastime in which flat stones or shells are thrown across water so as to skip over the surface several times before sinking.
- dunderheadedness — Stupidity.
- duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
- external student — a student studying a university subject extramurally
- farquhar islands — an island group in the Indian Ocean: administratively part of the Seychelles
- fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
- founders' shares — shares awarded to the founders of a company and often granting special privileges
- four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
- fund supermarket — an online facility offering discounted investment opportunities and advice
- fundamental star — one of a number of stars with positions that have been determined accurately and that are used as reference stars for the determination of positions of other celestial objects.
- gadsden purchase — a tract of 45,535 sq. mi. (117,935 sq. km), now contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden.
- gallium arsenide — a crystalline and highly toxic semiconductor, GaAs, used in light-emitting diodes, lasers, and electronic devices.
- graduate student — postgraduate-level student
- grand inquisitor — (often initial capital letters) the presiding officer of a court of inquisition.
- granulated sugar — a coarsely ground white sugar, widely used as a sweetener.
- ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
- gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- horsehead nebula — a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.
- hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
- immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
- in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
- indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
- industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
- industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
- intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- keep under wraps — not reveal
- laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
- lizard peninsula — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- man and superman — a comedy (1903) by G. B. Shaw.
- manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
- manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- measuring device — gauge
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- misunderestimate — (colloquial, malapropism, or, intentionally incorrect) To underestimate by mistake.
- misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
- modern languages — languages currently spoken
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- natural disaster — meteorological or geological catastrophe