14-letter words containing a, n, t, i, d, u
- modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- mountain guide — a trained professional mountaineer who guides climbers up a mountain
- multi-talented — having talent or special ability; gifted.
- multinucleated — Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate.
- multithreading — (parallel) Sharing a single CPU between multiple tasks (or "threads") in a way designed to minimise the time required to switch threads. This is accomplished by sharing as much as possible of the program execution environment between the different threads so that very little state needs to be saved and restored when changing thread. Multithreading differs from multitasking in that threads share more of their environment with each other than do tasks under multitasking. Threads may be distinguished only by the value of their program counters and stack pointers while sharing a single address space and set of global variables. There is thus very little protection of one thread from another, in contrast to multitasking. Multithreading can thus be used for very fine-grain multitasking, at the level of a few instructions, and so can hide latency by keeping the processor busy after one thread issues a long-latency instruction on which subsequent instructions in that thread depend. A light-weight process is somewhere between a thread and a full process.
- national guard — state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia (def 2).
- natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
- nitroguanidine — (chemistry) A colourless, crystalline solid manufactured from guanine and used in explosives and pesticides.
- non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- non-fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- non-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- noneducational — not educational or related to education
- nonrepudiation — (legal) Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
- nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
- outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- painted beauty — a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
- painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- painted turtle — a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, common in the U.S., having bright yellow markings on the head and neck and red markings on the margin of the carapace.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
- pitch and putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
- pitch-and-putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
- position audit — a systematic assessment of the current strengths and weaknesses of an organization as a prerequisite for future strategic planning
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
- quadrantanopia — (medicine) The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view.
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- quarter window — (on a car) a small triangular side window with hinges that can be opened for extra ventilation
- quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)