14-letter words containing d, u, i, s, m
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- humane studies — educational subjects or courses, or texts, that are, or were historically, considered to have a civilizing influence on those who read or studied them
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- indian mustard — leaf mustard.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
- mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- motor industry — the manufacturers of cars viewed as a sector
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- mucoviscidosis — cystic fibrosis.
- munitions dump — a place where munitions are stored
- muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
- music director — The music director of an orchestra or other group of musicians is the person who decides what they will play and where, and usually conducts them as well.
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- muslin delaine — mousseline de laine.
- mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
- non-customized — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
- quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
- quasi-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- saddam hussein — Also, Hosein, Husain. (al-Husayn) a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- semi-automated — partially automated.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- sesquipedalism — given to using long words.