14-letter words containing t, e, s, u, d
- sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- 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
- tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
- the red guards — a radical political movement of civilian youths in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- 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.
- 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
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trisubstituted — pertaining to a molecule containing three substituents.
- 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
- tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- under the rose — in secret; privately; sub rosa
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underrepresent — to give inadequate representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately low.
- undersaturated — unsaturated (def 2).
- undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- understatement — the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- understructure — a structure serving as a support; a base or foundation: The building has a strong understructure.
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- unexpectedness — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- unextinguished — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
- united nations — (used with a singular verb) an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbreviation: UN. Compare General Assembly, Security Council.