14-letter words containing a, u, d, i, t
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
- 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
- structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
- studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
- 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.
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- 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
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- 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).
- tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
- the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
- 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
- third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
- 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
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- 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
- ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
- ultracrepidate — to go beyond one's scope or province, esp to criticize beyond one's sphere of knowledge
- 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.