14-letter words containing r, e, s, i, d, u
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- gender studies — subject: male and female roles
- gertrude stein — Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- 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
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- indecorousness — The quality of being indecorous.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- 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.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- 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).
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
- mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- music director — The music director of an orchestra or other group of musicians is the person who decides what they will play and where, and usually conducts them as well.
- neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
- neurodiversity — the variation and differences in neurological structure and function that exist among human beings, especially when viewed as being normal and natural rather than pathological: recognizing autism as an example of neurodiversity.
- non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nonpressurized — Not pressurized.
- nutrient-dense — (of food) relatively rich in nutrients for the number of calories contained: A potato is a nutrient-dense carbohydrate.
- outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- oversubscribed — If something such as an event or a service is oversubscribed, too many people apply to attend the event or use the service.
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.