14-letter words containing r, e, s, d
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- tender mercies — discretion or compassion
- tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
- terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
- the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
- the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
- the lesser dog — the constellation Canis Minor
- the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
- the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
- the red guards — a radical political movement of civilian youths in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution
- 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
- the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments.
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
- to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
- to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
- to some degree — to a certain extent
- to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- trading estate — industrial area
- transcendental — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
- transdniestria — Transnistria
- transistorized — (of a device) equipped with a transistor
- travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- triple dresser — a dresser having three drawers across for most of its height.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- trisubstituted — pertaining to a molecule containing three substituents.
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
- try one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas