14-letter words containing d, e, c, n, t, r
- distractedness — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- district nurse — In Britain, a district nurse is a nurse who goes to people's houses to give them medical treatment and advice.
- do one's cruet — to be extremely angry; go into a rage
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
- 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-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- electrogilding — electroplating using gold
- electron model — (electronics) A model of semiconductor behaviour in which donors contribute the charge of an electron, and acceptors contribute a space for same, in effect contributing a fictional positive charge of similiar magnitude. Physicists use the electron model. Some language theorists consider language and the electron to be models in themselves. Contrast hole model.
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
- endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
- endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- endurance test — a test to measure the ability of a person, machine, system, etc to deal with physical activity, use, etc
- enteric-coated — An enteric-coated tablet is one that is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid, so that it does not dissolve in the stomach but allows release of the medication in the intestine.
- eviction order — a legally enforceable order from a court to leave a property
- extension cord — an extra length of cable that can be added to an electric lead
- farfetchedness — the quality of being far-fetched
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- fort-de-france — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- founder effect — the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- frenkel defect — a crystal defect in which a lattice ion has moved to an interstitial position leaving a vacant lattice site
- friction drive — a power transmission system utilizing a set of friction gears so arranged that varying their positions relative to one another gives a wide range of speed ratios.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
- golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
- greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indirect costs — a business cost that is not directly accountable to a particular function or product; a fixed cost, as a land tax or the like.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.