14-letter words containing d, r, o, s, t
- discriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disforestation — Archaic form of deforestation.
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- disinformation — false information, as about a country's military strength or plans, publicly announced or planted in the news media, especially of other countries.
- disintegration — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- disorientating — to disorient.
- disorientation — to disorient.
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- disproportions — Plural form of disproportion.
- disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
- dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
- dissertational — Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- district court — (in many states) the court of general jurisdiction.
- distrustful of — suspicious of; having no confidence in
- diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
- dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- do one's cruet — to be extremely angry; go into a rage
- do the honours — If someone does the honours at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function.
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
- domestic rates — a type of taxation system used to fund local government
- dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor.
- dorsoventrally — In a dorsoventral manner.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
- dramatisations — Plural form of dramatisation.
- dramatizations — Plural form of dramatization.
- draughts board — A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal-sized, black and white squares.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- droit de suite — a right recognized by the legislation of several member countries of the European Union whereby an artist, or his or her heirs, is entitled to a share of the price of a work of art if it is resold during the artist's lifetime or for 70 years after his or her death
- droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
- drop-down list — pull-down list
- dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
- dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
- 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.
- 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
- dust collector — A dust collector is a vessel or piece of equipment for the removal of dust from a gas.
- 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.