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14-letter words containing d, n, r

  • dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
  • dream merchant — a person, as a moviemaker or advertiser, who panders to or seeks to develop the public's craving for luxury, romance, or escapism.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • dress designer — a person who designs clothes
  • dress-down day — a day on which employees are allowed to wear informal clothing
  • dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • drilling fluid — a fluid used in the process of drilling bore holes and oil wells, for instance drilling mud, water, and compressed air amongst others
  • drinking straw — thin plastic tube for sucking up liquids
  • drinking water — water that is safe to drink
  • drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
  • driving mirror — (in a vehicle) the rear-view mirror
  • driving school — vehicle operation lessons
  • droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
  • drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • drop an f-bomb — to use the word fuck in a situation where it will cause great offence
  • drop-down list — pull-down list
  • drop-down menu — pull-down menu
  • drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
  • drowned valley — a valley that, having been flooded by the sea, now exists as a bay or estuary.
  • drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
  • drummond light — calcium light.
  • drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
  • dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
  • dry white wine — Dry white wine is white wine that does not have a sweet taste.
  • dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • duarte fuentes — José Napoleón [haw-se nah-paw-le-awn] /hɔˈsɛ nɑ pɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1926–90, Salvadoran political leader: president 1980–82, 1984–89.
  • duck and drake — ducks and drakes (def 1).
  • duck on a rock — a children's game in which one player stands guard over a stone on a rock while the other players attempt to knock it off by throwing another stone in turn: if the thrower is tagged by the guard while trying to recover the stone, the two players then change positions.
  • dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
  • dumping ground — dump (def 17).
  • dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
  • dunkirk spirit — fortitude and stoicism in a demanding or dangerous situation
  • dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
  • duodenal ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.
  • duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts
  • dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
  • dwarf fan palm — a small palm, Chamaedorea elegans, native to Central America, having a reedlike stem and long, pointed leaflets, widely cultivated as a houseplant.
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • each and every — all
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