14-letter words containing s, o, r, d, e
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
- terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
- 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.
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the lesser dog — the constellation Canis Minor
- the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
- the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
- 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.
- to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
- to some degree — to a certain extent
- to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- 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
- transistorized — (of a device) equipped with a transistor
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- 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
- try one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- under the rose — in secret; privately; sub rosa
- under-consumed — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underdiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- undernourished — not nourished with sufficient or proper food to maintain or promote health or normal growth.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- ungroundedness — the state of being without basis
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unprepossessed — not prepossessed, not prejudiced; unbiased
- unresolvedness — the state of being unresolved or irresolute
- unsubordinated — noting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors: subordinated debentures.
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- wardour street — a street in Soho where many film companies have their London offices: formerly noted for shops selling antiques and mock antiques