14-letter words containing r, a, d, i, u, s
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- disillusionary — of or relating to disillusion
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
- distributaries — Plural form of distributary.
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- dracunculiasis — a disease caused by infection with the Guinea worm
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- 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
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indian mustard — leaf mustard.
- industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrialists — Plural form of industrialist.
- industrialized — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- livia drusilla — 58 bc–29 ad, Roman noblewoman: wife (from 39 bc) of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius
- lord spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.