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14-letter words containing a, r, e, n, d

  • standard score — the test score of a participant expressed as the deviation of the score from the mean score of the sample in units of standard deviation.
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
  • stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
  • stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • streptodornase — a deoxyribonuclease, obtained from hemolytic streptococci, used in medicine for decomposing blood clots and fibrinous and purulent matter.
  • striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
  • superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
  • sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
  • take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • tandem trailer — Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
  • tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • tender-hearted — soft-hearted; sympathetic.
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
  • 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 federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the gender gap — the difference in the attitudes, behaviour, abilities, etc, of men and women, or boys and girls
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • 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.
  • then and there — at that time: Prices were lower then.
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • there and then — If something happens there and then or then and there, it happens immediately.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
  • to lend an ear — If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically.
  • toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
  • 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.
  • tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trade language — a lingua franca, especially one used primarily for trade and conducting business.
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
  • trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
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