14-letter words containing c, a, d, e
- dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- distractedness — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- diurnal circle — the apparent circle described by a heavenly body as a result of one rotation by the earth.
- diverticulated — having diverticula
- dna sequencing — the procedure of determining the order of base pairs in a section of DNA
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
- dodecasyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to 12 syllables.
- dodecasyllable — a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- domestic rates — a type of taxation system used to fund local government
- domestic staff — servants
- domestications — Plural form of domestication.
- dongle cracker — (security) Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
- dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- down the hatch — drinks toast
- drag parachute — drogue parachute (def 2).
- drag-parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
- dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
- drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
- draw a picture — represent sth visually
- draw the crabs — to attract unwelcome attention
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- dream merchant — a person, as a moviemaker or advertiser, who panders to or seeks to develop the public's craving for luxury, romance, or escapism.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
- duck and drake — ducks and drakes (def 1).
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- duodenal ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- each and every — all
- east cleveland — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- eau de cologne — cologne.
- echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous