14-letter words containing d, i, c, e, s
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- squared circle — a wrestling ring
- squared splice — square splice.
- stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- state medicine — socialized medicine.
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stock dividend — a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
- striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
- structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
- suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
- suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
- suicide clause — a clause in a life-insurance policy stating that the insurer is required to pay only the reserve or the total premiums paid if the policyholder should commit suicide within a stated period.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- teacher's aide — A teacher's aide is a person who helps a teacher in a school classroom but who is not a qualified teacher.
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- tender mercies — discretion or compassion
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- 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.
- to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- underinsurance — insurance purchased against damage or loss of property in an amount less than its true value, sometimes bought intentionally by the insured with full knowledge of the risk.
- undersubscribe — to subscribe for less of than is available, expected, or required: The concert series is undersubscribed and may be cancelled.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- unrestrictedly — in an unrestricted manner
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
- vice president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
- vice-president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.