14-letter words containing i, d, o, t, c
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- discretization — the act or process of making mathematically discrete.
- discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
- discriminators — Plural form of discriminator.
- discriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- disinclination — the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- disneyfication — to create or alter in a simplified, sentimentalized, or contrived form or manner: museums that have become Disneyfied to attract more visitors.
- dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
- dissociability — Lack of sociability; unsociableness.
- district court — (in many states) the court of general jurisdiction.
- dithionic acid — a strong, unstable acid, H 2 S 2 O 6 , known only in solution and in the form of its salts.
- diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
- do violence to — to inflict harm upon; damage or violate
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- 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
- domestic rates — a type of taxation system used to fund local government
- domestic staff — servants
- domestications — Plural form of domestication.
- dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor.
- downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
- draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- 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
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- dutch colonial — of or relating to the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves over porches on the long sides.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- effective dose — the amount of a drug, or level of radiation exposure, that is sufficient to achieve the desired clinical improvement.
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- electrogilding — electroplating using gold
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system