14-letter words containing d, r, y, n
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
- 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.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- traditionality — of or relating to tradition.
- tricyanic acid — cyanuric acid.
- trinity sunday — the Sunday after Pentecost, observed as a festival in honor of the Trinity.
- try one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- uncontrolledly — in an uncontrolled manner
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undeliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- undramatically — in an undramatic manner
- unpretendingly — without pretence
- unproductivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- unrestrictedly — in an unrestricted manner
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- ursine dasyure — Tasmanian devil.
- van der weyden — Rogier (roːˈxiːr). ?1400–64, Flemish painter, esp of religious works and portraits
- vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
- walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
- well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
- wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
- worldly-minded — having or showing devotion to the affairs and interests of this world.
- yard-long bean — asparagus bean.
- year and a day — a period fixed by law to ensure the completion of a full year. It is applied for certain purposes, such as to determine the time within which wrecks must be claimed
- yeddo hawthorn — a Japanese shrub, Raphiolepis umbellata, of the rose family, having leathery leaves and dense, hairy clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
- yorkshire bond — flying bond.
- young marrieds — young married people
- young offender — a criminal who, according to the law, is not yet an adult but no longer a child
- youth offender — a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.