14-letter words containing d, o, u, c, e, t
- puncture wound — injury: perforation
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- reintroduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- ribonucleotide — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
- self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- 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.
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- 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.
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
- straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- 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.
- teutonic order — a religious military order founded c1190 in the Holy Land by German crusaders that originally did charitable work among the sick and later fought against the Slavic and Baltic peoples in the eastward expansion of medieval Germany.
- tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- 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
- unaccommodated — not accommodated; not adapted.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- 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.
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- uncontrolledly — in an uncontrolled manner
- uncontroverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- uncorroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- under contract — If you are under contract to someone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.
- undereducation — to educate too little or poorly.
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.