14-letter words containing s, i, t
- cut-off switch — a switch that cuts off the supply of electricity
- cutis anserina — goose bumps.
- cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
- cutting stylus — stylus (def 4a).
- cutting-stylus — stylus (def 4a).
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- cyberterrorism — the illegal use of computers and the internet to achieve some goal
- cyberthrillers — Plural form of cyberthriller.
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- cyclosilicates — Plural form of cyclosilicate.
- cystolithiasis — a medical condition caused by the formation of a calculus in the bladder
- cytogeneticist — One who studies cytogenetics.
- cytostatically — in a cytostatic manner
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- darning stitch — a stitch used in darning that imitates the texture of the fabric that is to be mended
- dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- de-designation — an act of designating.
- dead president — a banknote
- dead sea fruit — something that appears to be beautiful or full of promise but is in reality nothing but illusion and disappointment.
- dead to rights — in an undeniably incriminating situation; red-handed
- death benefits — Death benefits are the amount of money that an insurance policy will pay upon the death of the person whose life is being insured.
- death instinct — the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- dechristianize — to make non-Christian
- decimal system — the number system in general use, having a base of ten, in which numbers are expressed by combinations of the ten digits 0 to 9
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- deconsecration — The opposite of consecration, to undo consecration. Desecration or defilement.
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- deconstruction — a technique of literary analysis that regards meaning as resulting from the differences between words rather than their reference to the things they stand for. Different meanings are discovered by taking apart the structure of the language used and exposing the assumption that words have a fixed reference point beyond themselves
- deconstructive — of or relating to deconstruction
- decontaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontaminate.
- decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
- defect density — (programming) The ratio of the number of defects to program length.
- defenestrating — Present participle of defenestrate.
- defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- definitiveness — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- deinstallation — The process of deinstalling.
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.