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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.
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