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14-letter words containing d, e, s, r, t, n

  • life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
  • lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
  • maiden's-tears — bladder campion.
  • managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
  • mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics)   (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
  • mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
  • merritt island — a town in E Florida.
  • metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
  • middle eastern — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
  • middle western — of or relating to the Middle West.
  • mind the store — to tend to business
  • mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
  • misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
  • misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
  • misinterpreted — Simple past tense and past participle of misinterpret.
  • misrepresented — Simple past tense and past participle of misrepresent.
  • mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
  • mont-de-marsan — a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
  • nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
  • national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
  • nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
  • neurodiversity — the variation and differences in neurological structure and function that exist among human beings, especially when viewed as being normal and natural rather than pathological: recognizing autism as an example of neurodiversity.
  • never mind sth — You use never mind after a statement, often a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next.
  • news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
  • non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
  • non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • non-iridescent — displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
  • non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
  • non-structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
  • nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
  • nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
  • nondeterminism — (computing) Dependence on factors other than initial state and input.
  • nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
  • nonresidential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
  • north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
  • northeastwards — northeastward.
  • northwestwards — northwestward.
  • nutrient-dense — (of food) relatively rich in nutrients for the number of calories contained: A potato is a nutrient-dense carbohydrate.
  • ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
  • orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • overdistention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
  • overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • oversensitized — to render sensitive.
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