14-letter words containing r, u, y, s, d
- 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-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- pseudosymmetry — an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.
- quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
- scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
- steel industry — production of steel
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trinity sunday — the Sunday after Pentecost, observed as a festival in honor of the Trinity.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- unrestrictedly — in an unrestricted manner
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- ursine dasyure — Tasmanian devil.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- young marrieds — young married people