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14-letter words containing i, n, t, e, r, d

  • drinking water — water that is safe to drink
  • drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
  • 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 white wine — Dry white wine is white wine that does not have a sweet taste.
  • 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
  • dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
  • duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts
  • 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
  • edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • electrogilding — electroplating using gold
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • elevated train — a train that runs on an elevated railway
  • endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
  • enteric-coated — An enteric-coated tablet is one that is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid, so that it does not dissolve in the stomach but allows release of the medication in the intestine.
  • equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
  • eviction order — a legally enforceable order from a court to leave a property
  • exhereditation — A disinheriting; disherison.
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • extension cord — an extra length of cable that can be added to an electric lead
  • extra dividend — a dividend paid to stockholders in addition to the regular dividend.
  • extraordinaire — Outstanding or remarkable in a particular capacity.
  • fantail darter — a North American freshwater fish, Etheostoma flabellare, of the perch family.
  • farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
  • fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
  • feather-veined — (of a leaf) having a series of veins branching from each side of the midrib toward the margin; pinnately veined.
  • featherbedding — the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute: Featherbedding forced the railroads to employ firemen on diesel locomotives.
  • featherbrained — Alternative spelling of feather-brained.
  • federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
  • federalization — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
  • feed-in tariff — a payment above the market rate paid to a small-scale producer of renewable energy by a large energy provider
  • fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
  • fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • fiddle pattern — a pattern of spoon or fork having a handle that narrows abruptly from a broad, flat upper part and terminates with a pronounced shoulder above the bowl or tines.
  • fidget spinner — a small toy comprising two or three prongs arranged around a central bearing, designed to be spun by the fingers as means of improving concentration or relieving stress
  • field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
  • filter feeding — a method of feeding occurring in some aquatic animals, such as planktonic invertebrates and whalebone whales, in which minute food particles are filtered from the surrounding water
  • fire-retardant — able to slow or check the spread of destructive fire.
  • first offender — a person convicted of an offense of law for the first time.
  • food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
  • forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
  • foreordination — previous ordination or appointment.
  • fortified wine — a wine, as port or sherry, to which brandy has been added in order to arrest fermentation or to increase the alcoholic content.
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