14-letter words containing e, n, t, r, o
- disconcertedly — In a disconcerted manner.
- disconcertment — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- discount store — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- discretization — the act or process of making mathematically discrete.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disforestation — Archaic form of deforestation.
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- disintegration — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- disorientating — to disorient.
- disorientation — to disorient.
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dissertational — Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
- dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- do one's cruet — to be extremely angry; go into a rage
- do the honours — If someone does the honours at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- dogwood winter — a short period of cold weather in the spring.
- 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.
- door furniture — locks, handles, etc, designed for use on doors
- dorsoventrally — In a dorsoventral manner.
- down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- down-and-outer — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
- downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
- 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.
- dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
- drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
- drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
- dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
- 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
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- east-northeast — the point on a compass midway between east and northeast.
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- easternization — (usually initial capital letter) to influence with ideas, customs, etc., characteristic of eastern Asia.
- econometrician — Someone who studies economies with a view to mathematics.
- editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
- effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
- effortlessness — The state of being effortless; facility.