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14-letter words containing r, o, d, i, n

  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
  • sobersidedness — the state or quality of being solemn or sobersided
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • sodium nitrite — Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO 2 , soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
  • soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
  • solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • sound engineer — A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded.
  • sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
  • springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • t distribution — Student's t distribution.
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • 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 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 ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • 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.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
  • 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
  • tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
  • to windward of — advantageously situated with respect to
  • toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
  • tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
  • tontine period — the stipulated period during which a tontine life assurance system is in operation
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • toronto euclid — (language)   The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
  • tour d'horizon — a general survey; overview.
  • 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.
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