14-letter words containing d, i, s, n
- condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
- conductivities — Plural form of conductivity.
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- considerations — Plural form of consideration.
- consolidations — Plural form of consolidation.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
- contradictions — the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
- contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
- contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.
- coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
- cottonseed oil — a yellowish or dark red oil with a nutlike smell, extracted or expelled from cottonseed, used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, soaps, etc
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- cylinder press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- daisy fleabane — a North American composite plant, Erigeron annuus, having hairy stems and numerous, small, daisylike flowers with narrow white rays.
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- darning stitch — a stitch used in darning that imitates the texture of the fabric that is to be mended
- dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- david d'angers — (born Pierre Jean David) 1788?-1856; Fr. sculptor
- de-designation — an act of designating.
- dead president — a banknote
- death benefits — Death benefits are the amount of money that an insurance policy will pay upon the death of the person whose life is being insured.
- death instinct — the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- dechristianize — to make non-Christian
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decommissioned — to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
- decommissioner — a person who decommissions a ship, nuclear reactor, etc