14-letter words containing d, r, e, c, n, t
- indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
- indiscreetness — Indiscretion.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
- inner-directed — guided by internalized values rather than external pressures.
- inter-epidemic — Also, epidemical. (of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
- interconnected — to connect with one another.
- interconverted — Simple past tense and past participle of interconvert.
- interdialectal — relating to, or existing between, different dialects
- interelectrode — existing between multiple electrodes
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
- microdetection — the measurement of small quantities
- mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- nixon doctrine — the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.
- non-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- non-iridescent — displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
- non-structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
- nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- nondirectional — functioning equally well in all directions; omnidirectional.
- nondoctrinaire — not concerned with or related to doctrine
- nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
- nonpredictable — Not predictable.
- nonradioactive — not radioactive