14-letter words containing a, n, t, i, d, u
- slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
- sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
- solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
- staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
- standard issue — something, such as a rifle, included as standard with military equipment
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- talaud islands — a group of islands in NE Indonesia. 495 sq. mi. (1281 sq. km).
- tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
- the mujaheddin — (in Afghanistan and Iran) fundamentalist Muslim guerrillas; in Afghanistan in 1992 the mujaheddin overthrew the government but were unable to agree on a constitution due to factional conflict and in 1996 Taliban forces seized power
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- tried and true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- tried-and-true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- trinity sunday — the Sunday after Pentecost, observed as a festival in honor of the Trinity.
- tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)
- tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
- tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
- turn indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
- turn on a dime — change direction quickly
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- un-adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- 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).
- un-dialectical — dialectic.
- un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- un-manipulated — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
- unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- uncontaminated — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- uncredentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form