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14-letter words containing d, u, c, t, a

  • 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.
  • stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
  • staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
  • starch-reduced — (of food, esp bread) having the starch content reduced, as in proprietary slimming products
  • straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
  • straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
  • structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
  • suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
  • 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.
  • to cut and run — If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way.
  • 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
  • traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • turn indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
  • ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
  • ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
  • ultracrepidate — to go beyond one's scope or province, esp to criticize beyond one's sphere of knowledge
  • un-adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
  • un-depreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
  • un-dialectical — dialectic.
  • un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
  • unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
  • unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
  • unaccommodated — not accommodated; not adapted.
  • unacculturated — (of a person or group) not acculturated or assimilated
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
  • uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
  • uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
  • 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.
  • uncorroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
  • uncredentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • undecidability — the quality of being undecidable
  • 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.
  • under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
  • undereducation — to educate too little or poorly.
  • undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
  • undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
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