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14-letter words containing d, u, n, s, t, a

  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
  • laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
  • last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession
  • lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
  • lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
  • maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
  • mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
  • misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
  • nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • non-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
  • old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • position audit — a systematic assessment of the current strengths and weaknesses of an organization as a prerequisite for future strategic planning
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • queensland nut — macadamia.
  • radiostrontium — strontium 90.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
  • self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
  • south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
  • standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
  • standard issue — something, such as a rifle, included as standard with military equipment
  • stuffed animal — soft toy
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
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