14-letter words containing e, u, s
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- dot-sequential — of, relating to, or being a color television system that sends and reproduces the primary colors as dots in proper sequence on each scanned line to produce a color picture.
- double bassoon — a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.
- double blossom — a disease of blackberries and dewberries, characterized by witches'-brooms and flower malformations, caused by a fungus, Cercosporella rubi.
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- double density — floppy disk
- double dresser — a dresser having two long drawers across its width for most of its height.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- droit de suite — a right recognized by the legislation of several member countries of the European Union whereby an artist, or his or her heirs, is entitled to a share of the price of a work of art if it is resold during the artist's lifetime or for 70 years after his or her death
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- 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.
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- 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
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
- dust and ashes — something that is very disappointing
- dust collector — A dust collector is a vessel or piece of equipment for the removal of dust from a gas.
- dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
- 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.
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
- dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
- earl of surrey — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- earned surplus — retained earnings.
- east st. louis — a city in SW Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.
- east-southeast — the point on a compass midway between east and southeast.
- eastern church — any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- ecclesiasticus — a book of the Apocrypha. Abbreviation: Ecclus.
- educated guess — informed estimate
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- elastic tissue — a connective tissue consisting largely of yellow, elastic fibers, occurring especially in the walls of arteries and veins
- electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.