15-letter words containing d, e, n, t, a
- under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- under the table — of, relating to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
- under-education — to educate too little or poorly.
- under-secretary — UK ministerial position
- under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- unextraordinary — beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
- unindoctrinated — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
- unmitigatedness — the state of being unmitigated
- unnatural death — death resulting from an external cause, such as intentional injury (such as homicide or suicide) or unintentional injury (in an accident)
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- unsatisfiedness — the state of being unsatisfied
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unsteadfastness — the condition of being unsteadfast
- unsubstantiated — not substantiated; unproved or unverified: unsubstantiated allegations.
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- valentine's day — February 14, observed in honor of St. Valentine as a day for the exchange of valentines and other tokens of affection.
- variant reading — an alternative interpretation of a word in a text to the one generally accepted
- vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
- vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
- venetian dentil — (on an archivolt or molding) one of a series of small rectangular blocks having chamfers at alternate edges.
- venetian window — Palladian window.
- vincent de paul — Saint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.
- vindicativeness — the quality or state of being vindicative
- wage indexation — the linking of wages to an index representing the cost of living, so that they are automatically adjusted up or down as that rises or falls
- warmheartedness — The quality of being warmhearted.
- wattle and daub — Also, wattle and dab. a building technique employing wattles plastered with clay and mud.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
- weekend cottage — a cottage where people spend weekends
- well-acquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- well-delineated — to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
- well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- well-maintained — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- well-ventilated — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
- wiener neustadt — a city in E Austria, in Lower Austria. Pop: 37 627 (2002)
- wind-pollinated — being pollinated by airborne pollen.
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- with one accord — If a number of people do something with one accord, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- zenith distance — the angular distance from the zenith of a point on the celestial sphere to the sphere, measured along a great circle that is perpendicular to the horizon; the complement of the altitude.