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

  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disfigurements — Plural form of disfigurement.
  • disfurnishment — the act or quality of disfurnishing
  • disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
  • disgustfulness — the quality of being disgustful
  • disgustingness — causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
  • disinvestiture — the act or state of being disinvested
  • dispiteousness — the state of being without pity
  • disruptiveness — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
  • dissimilitudes — Plural form of dissimilitude.
  • distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
  • distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
  • distributaries — Plural form of distributary.
  • distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
  • district judge — any judge of a federal district court.
  • district nurse — In Britain, a district nurse is a nurse who goes to people's houses to give them medical treatment and advice.
  • diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
  • diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
  • do one's cruet — to be extremely angry; go into a rage
  • do one's stuff — If you do your stuff, you perform an activity in the way that people expect.
  • do the honours — If someone does the honours at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function.
  • do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
  • documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
  • documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
  • documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
  • domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
  • domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
  • dot-sequential — of, relating to, or being a color television system that sends and reproduces the primary colors as dots in proper sequence on each scanned line to produce a color picture.
  • double density — floppy disk
  • doubly serrate — biserrate
  • down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • droit de suite — a right recognized by the legislation of several member countries of the European Union whereby an artist, or his or her heirs, is entitled to a share of the price of a work of art if it is resold during the artist's lifetime or for 70 years after his or her death
  • duarte fuentes — José Napoleón [haw-se nah-paw-le-awn] /hɔˈsɛ nɑ pɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1926–90, Salvadoran political leader: president 1980–82, 1984–89.
  • ductless gland — endocrine gland.
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • dust and ashes — something that is very disappointing
  • dust collector — A dust collector is a vessel or piece of equipment for the removal of dust from a gas.
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
  • dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
  • educated guess — informed estimate
  • educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • endurance test — a test to measure the ability of a person, machine, system, etc to deal with physical activity, use, etc
  • fastidiousness — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • feather duster — a brush for dusting, made of a bundle of large feathers attached to a short handle.
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