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14-letter words containing o, d, n, t, i

  • downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
  • 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.
  • downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
  • draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • drafting board — drawing board.
  • dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
  • dramatisations — Plural form of dramatisation.
  • dramatizations — Plural form of dramatization.
  • dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
  • droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
  • drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
  • drop-down list — pull-down list
  • drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
  • 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.
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • 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.
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • electrogilding — electroplating using gold
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • eminent domain — government seizure of property
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • endodontically — according to the practice of endodontics
  • endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
  • endopeptidases — Plural form of endopeptidase.
  • enteric-coated — An enteric-coated tablet is one that is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid, so that it does not dissolve in the stomach but allows release of the medication in the intestine.
  • equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
  • ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
  • eviction order — a legally enforceable order from a court to leave a property
  • excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
  • exhereditation — A disinheriting; disherison.
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • extension cord — an extra length of cable that can be added to an electric lead
  • extension lead — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
  • extraordinaire — Outstanding or remarkable in a particular capacity.
  • f distribution — a continuous distribution obtained from the ratio of two chi-square distributions and used esp to test the equality of the variances of two normally distributed variances
  • fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
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