14-letter words containing d, i, s, t, l
- distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- distrustful of — suspicious of; having no confidence in
- 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.
- 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.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- 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
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- driftless area — a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
- drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
- drop-down list — pull-down list
- dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- extension lead — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
- field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
- field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
- fillister head — a cylindrical screw head.
- first and last — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- florida strait — a strait between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.
- florida-strait — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
- flying dustbin — petard (def 3).
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
- futuna islands — a group of islands in the SW Pacific Ocean belonging to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
- gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
- golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
- golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
- grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.