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14-letter words containing d, i, l, u, t

  • despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
  • devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • diazonium salt — any of a class of compounds with the general formula ArN:N–M+, where Ar is an aryl group and M is a metal atom; made by the action of nitrous acid on aromatic amines and used in dyeing
  • dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
  • dip-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is in the direction of the dip of the fault
  • diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
  • disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
  • discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
  • discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
  • disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
  • disgustfulness — the quality of being disgustful
  • disillusionist — to disillusion.
  • disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
  • disquisitional — Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.
  • dissimilitudes — Plural form of dissimilitude.
  • dissimulations — Plural form of dissimulation.
  • dissolutionism — the beliefs and practices of dissolutionists
  • dissolutionist — a person whose aim is dissolution
  • distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
  • distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
  • distrustful of — suspicious of; having no confidence in
  • diurnal motion — the apparent daily motion, caused by the earth's rotation, of celestial bodies across the sky.
  • diverticulated — having diverticula
  • 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.
  • divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
  • 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.
  • 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
  • double-jointed — (of particular people or animals) having unusually flexible joints that can bend in unusual ways or to abnormally great extent.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
  • drummond light — calcium light.
  • dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
  • duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • dutch colonial — of or relating to the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves over porches on the long sides.
  • educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • fertility drug — a substance that enhances the ability to produce young.
  • final judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
  • fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
  • flying dustbin — petard (def 3).
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