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14-letter words containing e, u, d

  • hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
  • hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
  • idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
  • ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
  • image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
  • inadequateness — Inadequacy.
  • indecorousness — The quality of being indecorous.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
  • indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
  • indigenousness — The quality or state of being indigenous.
  • individualised — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
  • individualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualise.
  • individualized — Give an individual character to.
  • individualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualize.
  • induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
  • industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
  • industrialized — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
  • industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
  • infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
  • inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
  • insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
  • internal audit — an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).
  • intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
  • intussuscepted — Received into some other thing or part, like a sword into a sheath.
  • irreducibility — (uncountable) The quality or degree of being irreducible.
  • irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
  • isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
  • issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
  • jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
  • jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
  • jerusalem date — butterfly flower.
  • jeunesse doree — rich and fashionable young people
  • juan fernandez — a group of three islands in the S Pacific, 400 miles (645 km) W of and belonging to Chile: Alexander Selkirk, the alleged prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was marooned here 1704.
  • judge advocate — a staff officer designated as legal adviser to a commander and charged with the administration of military justice.
  • judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
  • jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
  • justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
  • juxtamedullary — (anatomy) next to the edge of the medulla (of the kidney).
  • keep sb amused — If you keep someone amused, you find things to do which stop them getting bored.
  • kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
  • kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
  • kidney failure — loss of renal function
  • knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
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