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14-letter words containing d, e, s, u

  • blurred vision — a condition which makes it impossible to see clearly
  • boarding house — A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time.
  • border dispute — a disagreement between countries about where the border between them should be drawn
  • bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
  • boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
  • broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
  • brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
  • budget surplus — the amount by which government income from taxation, customs duties, etc, exceeds expenditure in any one fiscal year
  • builder's knot — clove hitch
  • bull-nosed bow — a bow having a bulbous forefoot.
  • cadaverousness — of or like a corpse.
  • calculatedness — the state of being calculated
  • candlesnuffers — Plural form of candlesnuffer.
  • capparidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Capparidaceae (or (Capparaceae), a family of plants, mostly shrubs including the caper, of warm tropical regions
  • cardiac muscle — a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
  • carousel fraud — the practice of importing goods from a country where they are not subject to VAT, selling them with VAT added, then deliberately not paying the VAT to the government
  • cheese product — a processed cheese consisting in the U.S. of at least 50 percent cheese to which cheese whey or whey albumin may be added.
  • choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
  • circumbendibus — a circumlocution
  • class schedule — In a school or college, a class schedule is a list that shows the times in the week at which particular subjects are taught. You can also refer to the range of subjects that a student learns or the classes that a teacher teaches as their class schedule.
  • closed circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
  • closed couplet — a couplet that concludes with an end-stopped line.
  • closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
  • clouded sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes.
  • coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
  • commodiousness — The state or quality of being commodious.
  • conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • conductivities — Plural form of conductivity.
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • consumer goods — Consumer goods are items bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses. Compare capital goods.
  • contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • convolutedness — twisted; coiled.
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • cover-shoulder — a type of blouse worn in Ghana
  • credit squeeze — the control of credit facilities as an instrument of economic policy, associated with restrictions on bank loans and overdrafts, raised interest rates, etc
  • crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
  • crossed cheque — a cheque with two parallel lines on it, which is payable only into a bank account
  • cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
  • crushed velvet — velvet with a flat finish that has a creased effect
  • cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
  • custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
  • cut sheet feed — the automatic movement of single sheets of paper through the platen of the printer
  • daguerreotypes — Plural form of daguerreotype.
  • damascus steel — a hard flexible steel with wavy markings caused by forging the metal in strips: used for sword blades
  • data structure — an organized form, such as an array list or string, in which connected data items are held in a computer
  • data warehouse — Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization: The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.
  • daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
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