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14-letter words containing s, r, t

  • driftless area — a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • drinking straw — thin plastic tube for sucking up liquids
  • drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
  • droit de suite — a right recognized by the legislation of several member countries of the European Union whereby an artist, or his or her heirs, is entitled to a share of the price of a work of art if it is resold during the artist's lifetime or for 70 years after his or her death
  • droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
  • drop-down list — pull-down list
  • dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
  • dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
  • duarte fuentes — José Napoleón [haw-se nah-paw-le-awn] /hɔˈsɛ nɑ pɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1926–90, Salvadoran political leader: president 1980–82, 1984–89.
  • dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • dunkirk spirit — fortitude and stoicism in a demanding or dangerous situation
  • dust collector — A dust collector is a vessel or piece of equipment for the removal of dust from a gas.
  • dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
  • dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
  • east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
  • east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • east-northeast — the point on a compass midway between east and northeast.
  • eastern camass — wild hyacinth.
  • eastern church — any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.
  • eastern empire — the eastern part of the Roman Empire, especially after the division in a.d. 395, having its capital at Constantinople: survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in a.d. 476.
  • eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
  • eastern thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
  • easternization — (usually initial capital letter) to influence with ideas, customs, etc., characteristic of eastern Asia.
  • eccentricities — an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct: an interesting man, known for his eccentricities.
  • ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • effervescently — effervescing; bubbling.
  • effortlessness — The state of being effortless; facility.
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
  • eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
  • electric shock — electric current entering the body
  • electric storm — a violent atmospheric disturbance in which the air is highly charged with static electricity, causing a storm
  • electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
  • electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
  • electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • electrogenesis — (biochemistry, physics) The production of electricity in the tissues of a living organism.
  • electrokinesis — (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
  • electrologists — Plural form of electrologist.
  • electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
  • electroosmosis — osmosis through a membrane that is caused by the action of an electric field, usually such a field generated by two electrodes, one on each side of the membrane
  • electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
  • electrosensory — Of or pertaining to the ability of a biological organism to perceive electrical impulses.
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