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14-letter words containing d, e, n, a, t, u

  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
  • refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
  • repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
  • self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
  • standard issue — something, such as a rifle, included as standard with military equipment
  • 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.
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
  • sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
  • tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
  • 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
  • the upper hand — If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • 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.
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trade language — a lingua franca, especially one used primarily for trade and conducting business.
  • 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
  • tried and true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
  • tried-and-true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
  • 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 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
  • umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
  • 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-manipulated — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
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