14-letter words containing r, u, d, a
- un-depreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
- un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- unacculturated — (of a person or group) not acculturated or assimilated
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- unconcentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
- unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- uncorroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- uncredentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undeliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- under contract — If you are under contract to someone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.
- under-achiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- under-training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- underdiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- undereducation — to educate too little or poorly.
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- undergraduette — a female undergraduate
- underhand chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- underinsurance — insurance purchased against damage or loss of property in an amount less than its true value, sometimes bought intentionally by the insured with full knowledge of the risk.
- underleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively low ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- underpopulated — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- underqualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- undersaturated — unsaturated (def 2).
- undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- understatement — the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- undeterminable — capable of being determined.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- undramatically — in an undramatic manner
- undulant fever — brucellosis.
- unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
- unincorporated — not chartered as a corporation; lacking the powers and immunities of a corporate enterprise: an unincorporated business.
- uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.