14-letter words containing d, u, r, y, e, a
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- maturity yield — Finance. the rate of return on a bond expressed as a percentage that accounts for the difference between the interest earned based on current market value and that earned if the bond is held to maturity.
- neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
- nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- red-lead putty — a compound for caulking pipe joints, made of red lead, white lead, and boiled linseed oil.
- redundancy pay — severance pay.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- turkey buzzard — turkey vulture.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undeliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- 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
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- ursine dasyure — Tasmanian devil.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- 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.
- young marrieds — young married people