14-letter words containing d, e, n, t, i, a
- the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
- the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
- 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 ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
- the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- 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.
- 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
- time and again — frequently
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
- toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
- 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
- trading estate — industrial area
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
- traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
- transdniestria — Transnistria
- transistorized — (of a device) equipped with a transistor
- travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- tried and true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- tried-and-true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- triiodomethane — iodoform.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- 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
- 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.
- unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
- unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- uncontaminated — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.