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

  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • photoinduction — the act or process of being photoinduced
  • photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
  • photooxidation — oxidation induced by light.
  • photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
  • photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
  • pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • pitch-and-toss — a game in which players toss coins at a mark, the person whose coin hits closest to the mark tossing all the coins in the air and winning all those that come down heads up.
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • prosthodontics — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
  • prosthodontist — a specialist in prosthodontics.
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • put on the dog — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • put the lid on — to be the final blow to
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • ride at anchor — to be anchored
  • ride to hounds — to take part in a fox hunt with hounds
  • round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
  • scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
  • school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
  • second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
  • short division — division, especially by a one-digit divisor, in which the steps of the process are performed mentally and are not written down.
  • shortened form — an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • smooth-tongued — fluent or convincing in speech; glib.
  • south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • south tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 151 700 (2003 est). Area: 64 sq km (25 sq miles)
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • st. john's day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
  • stand-off half — a player who acts as a link between his scrum half and three-quarter backs
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
  • the done thing — If you say that something is the done thing, you mean it is the most socially acceptable way to behave.
  • the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • the unemployed — people who are out of work
  • theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • think out loud — to speak one's thoughts as they occur
  • third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
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