14-letter words containing n, i, d, a, l
- slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
- social dancing — dancing performed by couples or by groups, usually as a form of recreation.
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- solidification — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- solids loading — The solids loading is the amount of suspended solids in a substance.
- solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
- stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
- 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.
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
- sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- talaud islands — a group of islands in NE Indonesia. 495 sq. mi. (1281 sq. km).
- tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
- 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.
- 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.
- tooth and nail — with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.
- 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 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
- travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
- trial division — trial department
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)
- tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- un-dialectical — dialectic.
- un-manipulated — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- unacademically — in an unacademic manner
- unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- 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
- undecidability — the quality of being undecidable