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

  • dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
  • denumerability — the quality of being countable
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
  • deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
  • diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
  • disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
  • disattribution — an act or process of invalidating the attribution of something, for example of a work of art to a particular artist
  • discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
  • discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
  • distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
  • distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
  • diurnal motion — the apparent daily motion, caused by the earth's rotation, of celestial bodies across the sky.
  • documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
  • don't you dare — If you say to someone 'don't you dare' do something, you are telling them not to do it and letting them know that you are angry.
  • down-and-outer — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • dracula, count — (italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
  • dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
  • duarte fuentes — José Napoleón [haw-se nah-paw-le-awn] /hɔˈsɛ nɑ pɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1926–90, Salvadoran political leader: president 1980–82, 1984–89.
  • 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
  • dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
  • endurance test — a test to measure the ability of a person, machine, system, etc to deal with physical activity, use, etc
  • equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
  • fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
  • fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
  • french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
  • frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
  • gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
  • go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • graduate nurse — a person who has graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
  • graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
  • grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
  • granddaughters — Plural form of granddaughter.
  • great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
  • handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
  • heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
  • heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
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