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14-letter words containing i, t, o, u

  • distrustful of — suspicious of; having no confidence in
  • diurnal motion — the apparent daily motion, caused by the earth's rotation, of celestial bodies across the sky.
  • 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-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 furniture — locks, handles, etc, designed for use on doors
  • 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 density — floppy disk
  • double-jointed — (of particular people or animals) having unusually flexible joints that can bend in unusual ways or to abnormally great extent.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
  • 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
  • drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
  • drummond light — calcium light.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • east st. louis — a city in SW Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.
  • 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.
  • electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
  • eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
  • enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
  • encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
  • equity account — An equity account is an account recording ownership interests in a company.
  • escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
  • espíritu santo — an island in the SW Pacific: the largest and westernmost of the Vanuatu islands. Area: 4856 sq km (1875 sq miles)
  • essay question — an examination question that requires an answer in the form of an essay
  • estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
  • ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
  • eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
  • evolutionarily — In an evolutionary manner.
  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
  • excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
  • excommunicator — One who excommunicates.
  • expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
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