14-letter words containing d, i, s, e, n, t
- predeterminism — the belief that everything is predetermined
- predictiveness — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- predisposition — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
- procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- radioresistant — resistant to the effects of radiation
- radiosensitive — (of certain tissues or organisms) sensitive to or destructible by various types of radiant energy, as x-rays, rays from radioactive material, or the like.
- radiosensitize — to make (cells) more sensitive to radiation
- raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
- reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
- recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- residence time — Also called residence. Chemistry. the length of time a substance remains in the adsorbed, suspended, or dissolved state.
- resident alien — an alien who has legally established residence in the U.S.
- restrainedness — the state or quality of being restrained
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- ride to hounds — to take part in a fox hunt with hounds
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- saint benedict — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- scatterbrained — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
- school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
- screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- screen-printed — printed by screen process
- second sitting — A second sitting is the second period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- seine-st-denis — a department in N France. 91 sq. mi. (236 sq. km). Capital: Bobigny.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
- self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-inflicted — inflicted by oneself upon oneself: a self-inflicted wound.