14-letter words containing d, o, c, u, t, a
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
- noneducational — not educational or related to education
- old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
- ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
- photoduplicate — photocopy.
- predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
- propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radioacoustics — the science and technology of the production, transmission, and reproduction of sounds carried by radio waves.
- readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- scalar product — inner product (def 1).
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- slate-coloured — like slate in colour
- social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
- sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
- sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
- staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- to cut and run — If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way.
- tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- turn indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
- unaccommodated — not accommodated; not adapted.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
- unconcentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
- unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
- 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.