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14-letter words containing d, i, t, o, n

  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • turn indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
  • turn on a dime — change direction quickly
  • un-apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
  • un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
  • uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
  • uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
  • unconditioning — a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
  • unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
  • uncontaminated — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
  • uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • undereducation — to educate too little or poorly.
  • underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
  • undermentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
  • undernutrition — nutritional deficiency resulting from lack of food or from the inability of the body to convert or absorb it.
  • underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
  • undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
  • undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
  • unincorporated — not chartered as a corporation; lacking the powers and immunities of a corporate enterprise: an unincorporated business.
  • uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
  • united kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801–1922. 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Capital: London. Abbreviation: U.K.
  • united nations — (used with a singular verb) an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbreviation: UN. Compare General Assembly, Security Council.
  • unproductivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
  • unproportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
  • unrationalized — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
  • unreciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • unromanticized — not romantic
  • unsubordinated — noting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors: subordinated debentures.
  • vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
  • vasodilatation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
  • vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
  • vexed question — an issue that is much debated and discussed
  • victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
  • waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
  • weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
  • well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
  • when it's done — (jargon)   A manufacturer's non-answer to questions about product availability. This answer allows the manufacturer to pretend to communicate with their customers without setting themselves any deadlines or revealing how behind schedule the product really is. It also sounds slightly better than "We don't know".
  • wind deflector — an accessory that can be fitted to parts of a vehicle that are often open when driving, such as windows and sunroofs, to prevent the driver and passengers being buffeted by wind as well as reducing noise and keeping out flying debris
  • wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
  • wind indicator — a large weather vane used at airports to indicate wind direction.
  • windows nt 3.1 — (operating system)   Microsoft's first version of Windows NT, released in September 1993, price UKP 395, after having been in beta-test for as long as anyone could remember. The person responsible for VMS on the DEC VAX [who?] was also responsible for Windows NT. Incrementing each letter in VMS yields WNT.
  • windows nt 3.5 — (operating system)   A much improved version of Microsoft's Windows NT 3.1. NT is now (July 1996) supplied as "Windows NT 3.5 Workstation" and "Windows NT 3.5 Server". It has better OLE support, higher performance and requires less memory.
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • word formation — the formation of words, for example by adding prefixes or suffixes to roots
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
  • xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
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