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14-letter words containing r, e, t, o, d

  • temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
  • 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.
  • teutonic order — a religious military order founded c1190 in the Holy Land by German crusaders that originally did charitable work among the sick and later fought against the Slavic and Baltic peoples in the eastward expansion of medieval Germany.
  • 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 federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the free world — the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist
  • the lesser dog — the constellation Canis Minor
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
  • the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
  • the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • the world over — If you say that something happens or exists the world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world.
  • theodore bilbo — Theodore Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.
  • theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
  • 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.
  • thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
  • thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
  • three-cornered — having three corners: a three-cornered hat.
  • through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
  • thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
  • tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
  • tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
  • 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 lend an ear — If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically.
  • 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.
  • toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
  • tontine period — the stipulated period during which a tontine life assurance system is in operation
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
  • toronto euclid — (language)   The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
  • torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
  • totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
  • tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
  • tractor driver — a person who drives a motor vehicle used to pull heavy loads, esp farm machinery such as a plough or harvester
  • 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.
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