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

  • coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
  • compusult ltd. — A computer consulting firm (in Newfoundland, Canada?) that provides a public access Unix.
  • conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • conductivities — Plural form of conductivity.
  • conductor loss — Conductor loss is loss occurring in a conductor due to the flow of current.
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
  • convolutedness — twisted; coiled.
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • credit squeeze — the control of credit facilities as an instrument of economic policy, associated with restrictions on bank loans and overdrafts, raised interest rates, etc
  • crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
  • crushed velvet — velvet with a flat finish that has a creased effect
  • cuckold's knot — a hitch, as for holding a spar, consisting of a single loop with the overlapping parts of the rope seized together.
  • custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
  • custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
  • cut and thrust — If you talk about the cut and thrust of an activity, you are talking about the aspects of it that make it exciting and challenging.
  • cut sheet feed — the automatic movement of single sheets of paper through the platen of the printer
  • daguerreotypes — Plural form of daguerreotype.
  • dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
  • damascus steel — a hard flexible steel with wavy markings caused by forging the metal in strips: used for sword blades
  • data structure — an organized form, such as an array list or string, in which connected data items are held in a computer
  • data warehouse — Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization: The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.
  • daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
  • de haut en bas — with haughtiness; condescendingly
  • dead sea fruit — something that appears to be beautiful or full of promise but is in reality nothing but illusion and disappointment.
  • deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
  • deconstruction — a technique of literary analysis that regards meaning as resulting from the differences between words rather than their reference to the things they stand for. Different meanings are discovered by taking apart the structure of the language used and exposing the assumption that words have a fixed reference point beyond themselves
  • deconstructive — of or relating to deconstruction
  • deep structure — a representation of a sentence at a level where logical or grammatical relations are made explicit, before transformational rules have been applied
  • dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
  • delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
  • delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
  • delta aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
  • dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
  • dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
  • depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
  • deputy sheriff — a person that is authorized to act as sheriff in certain circumstances
  • desert culture — the nomadic hunting, fishing, and gathering preagricultural post-Pleistocene phase in the American West, characterized by an efficient exploitation of varied natural resources that was continued by Amerindian cultures into historic times.
  • despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
  • despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
  • destructionist — a person who believes in destruction, esp of social institutions
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • detached house — a house that is not joined to any other house
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