14-letter words containing d, e, c, r
- supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- teacher's aide — A teacher's aide is a person who helps a teacher in a school classroom but who is not a qualified teacher.
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- tender mercies — discretion or compassion
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- teutonic order — a religious military order founded c1190 in the Holy Land by German crusaders that originally did charitable work among the sick and later fought against the Slavic and Baltic peoples in the eastward expansion of medieval Germany.
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
- 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.
- thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- three-cornered — having three corners: a three-cornered hat.
- tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
- to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
- 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.
- tractor driver — a person who drives a motor vehicle used to pull heavy loads, esp farm machinery such as a plough or harvester
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- 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
- traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
- traffic-jammed — jam1 (def 16).
- transcendental — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- 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-depreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
- unacculturated — (of a person or group) not acculturated or assimilated
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- uncomprehended — not comprehended or understood
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unconcentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
- unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- uncontrolledly — in an uncontrolled manner
- uncontroverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- uncorroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- 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.
- uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group