14-letter words containing s, a, d, e
- muslin delaine — mousseline de laine.
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- name and shame — If something such as a newspaper or an official body names and shames people who have performed badly or who have done something wrong, it identifies those people by name.
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
- nelson mandela — Nelson (Rolihlahla) [raw-lee-lah-luh] /ˌrɔ liˈlɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1918–2013, South African black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.
- nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- new year's day — January 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries.
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- news headlines — a short news broadcast briefly outlining the main news stories of the day
- non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
- non-associated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nonclandestine — not clandestine or secret; open
- noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
- nondimensional — Not dimensional.
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
- nonresidential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
- northeastwards — northeastward.
- northwestwards — northwestward.
- 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.
- off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
- old line state — Maryland (used as a nickname).
- on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- on one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
- one's head off — loudly or excessively
- openhandedness — The characteristic of being openhanded.
- orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
- ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
- ordnance corps — a combat support military unit responsible for developing and maintaining weapons and weapon systems
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- osteodermatous — characterized by osteodermal skin
- outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
- over-advertise — to advertise too much
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.