14-letter words containing i, o, d, u, s
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- deconstruction — a technique of literary analysis that regards meaning as resulting from the differences between words rather than their reference to the things they stand for. Different meanings are discovered by taking apart the structure of the language used and exposing the assumption that words have a fixed reference point beyond themselves
- deconstructive — of or relating to deconstruction
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.
- destructionist — a person who believes in destruction, esp of social institutions
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- diaphanousness — The quality of being diaphanous.
- diazonium salt — any of a class of compounds with the general formula ArN:N–M+, where Ar is an aryl group and M is a metal atom; made by the action of nitrous acid on aromatic amines and used in dyeing
- dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
- diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
- diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
- dioscoreaceous — of or relating to the Dioscoreaceae family of monocotyledonous plants that includes the yam (genus Dioscurea)
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- director's cut — an edited version of a movie that has not been altered by a studio and over which its director has complete artistic control.
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- disattribution — an act or process of invalidating the attribution of something, for example of a work of art to a particular artist
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discontinuance — the act or state of discontinuing or the state of being discontinued; cessation: the discontinuance of a business.
- discount house — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- discount store — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- discountenance — to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
- discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- disillusionary — of or relating to disillusion
- disillusioning — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- disillusionise — Alternative spelling of disillusionize.
- disillusionist — to disillusion.
- disillusionize — to disillusion.
- disingenuously — In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.
- disjoint union — In domain theory, a union (or sum) which results in a domain without a least element.
- dispiteousness — the state of being without pity
- disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
- disquisitional — Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.
- 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.
- dissimulations — Plural form of dissimulation.
- dissolutionism — the beliefs and practices of dissolutionists