14-letter words containing n, i, d, l
- solid solution — a solid, homogeneous mixture of substances, as glass or certain alloys.
- 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.
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spindle-legged — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- 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.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- steel industry — production of steel
- 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
- sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
- 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.
- the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
- think out loud — to speak one's thoughts as they occur
- 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
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- 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.
- toluidine blue — a dark green powder, C15H16N3SCl·ZnCl2, used in dyeing textiles, as a biological stain, as a coagulant in medicine, etc.
- tooth and nail — with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- 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