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14-letter words containing d, e, l, a

  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • tetraethyllead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
  • the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the platteland — (in South Africa) the country districts or rural areas
  • the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
  • the waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments.
  • to lend a hand — If you lend someone a hand, you help them.
  • to lend an ear — If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically.
  • to sweat blood — If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
  • toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
  • trade language — a lingua franca, especially one used primarily for trade and conducting business.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
  • transcendental — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
  • 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
  • travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • tridimensional — having three dimensions.
  • tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
  • twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
  • tyndall effect — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
  • tyndall-effect — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
  • 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
  • umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
  • un-dialectical — dialectic.
  • un-manipulated — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • unacademically — in an unacademic manner
  • unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
  • unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unacculturated — (of a person or group) not acculturated or assimilated
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
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