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

  • stuffed animal — soft toy
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • superintendent — a person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district, etc.; supervisor.
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • tender mercies — discretion or compassion
  • tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
  • that's an idea — that is worth considering
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
  • the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
  • the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
  • 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.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
  • tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • trading estate — industrial area
  • transdniestria — Transnistria
  • transistorized — (of a device) equipped with a transistor
  • travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
  • tridimensional — having three dimensions.
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
  • ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
  • un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
  • unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
  • unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • understrapping — subordinate or inferior
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