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14-letter words containing t, d, i, s, r

  • blister-packed — presented in a blister pack
  • boatswain bird — tropic bird.
  • body of christ — the Christian Church
  • border dispute — a disagreement between countries about where the border between them should be drawn
  • bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
  • bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
  • brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
  • breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
  • breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
  • british dollar — any of several coins formerly issued by the British Empire for use in certain territories, as the Straits dollar or the Hong Kong dollar.
  • brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
  • builder's knot — clove hitch
  • cardiac arrest — A cardiac arrest is a heart attack.
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • cartridge case — a cylindrical, usually metal casing capable of being loaded with an explosive charge and often also a bullet
  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
  • child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • christmas card — Christmas cards are cards with greetings, which people send to their friends and family at Christmas.
  • clifford trust — a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor.
  • closed circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
  • closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
  • collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
  • colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
  • confederations — Plural form of confederation.
  • conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
  • considerations — Plural form of consideration.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
  • contradictions — the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
  • contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
  • contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.
  • coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • corticosteroid — any steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that affects carbohydrate, protein, and electrolyte metabolism, gonad function, and immune response
  • cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
  • credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
  • credit squeeze — the control of credit facilities as an instrument of economic policy, associated with restrictions on bank loans and overdrafts, raised interest rates, etc
  • creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
  • crested lizard — a long-tailed iguanid lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, of arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, having a row of enlarged scales down the back.
  • critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
  • cross-addicted — addicted to two or more substances simultaneously.
  • cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
  • cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
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