14-letter words containing r, u, d, o
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
- sulfur dioxide — a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO 2 , formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
- sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- surajah dowlah — Siraj-ud-daula.
- surround sound — multi-speaker stereo system
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
- sweet woodruff — any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff) a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
- sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
- t distribution — Student's t distribution.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- 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.
- 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 upper body — the part of the body above the waist
- thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
- 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 cut and run — If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way.
- 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.
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- tour d'horizon — a general survey; overview.
- 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.
- 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
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- 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
- turbo debugger — (programming) A source-level debugger designed for use with Borland and other compilers.
- turn indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
- turn on a dime — change direction quickly
- ultra-orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
- umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
- un-apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.