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14-letter words containing i, r, d, a, l

  • straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
  • strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
  • straits dollar — a former silver coin and monetary unit of the Straits Settlements.
  • striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
  • structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
  • sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
  • sulphuric acid — Sulphuric acid is a colourless, oily, and very powerful acid.
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • tandem trailer — Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
  • third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
  • thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
  • to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
  • toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
  • tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
  • traditionalist — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
  • traditionality — of or relating to tradition.
  • traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
  • traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
  • traffic island — a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
  • travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • trial division — trial department
  • tridimensional — having three dimensions.
  • ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
  • ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
  • ultracrepidate — to go beyond one's scope or province, esp to criticize beyond one's sphere of knowledge
  • umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
  • uncredentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • undeliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
  • underqualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
  • undeterminable — capable of being determined.
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
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