14-letter words containing t, e, u
- double entente — a double meaning; ambiguity.
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- double-jointed — (of particular people or animals) having unusually flexible joints that can bend in unusual ways or to abnormally great extent.
- double-tongued — deceitful; hypocritical.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- down-and-outer — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- drag parachute — drogue parachute (def 2).
- drag your feet — dawdle
- drag-parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- draw a picture — represent sth visually
- draw-out table — draw table.
- 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
- drum majorette — a girl or woman who leads a marching band or drum corps.
- 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.
- duckfoot quote — chevron-shaped quotation mark
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- 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
- dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
- duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts
- dust and ashes — something that is very disappointing
- dust collector — A dust collector is a vessel or piece of equipment for the removal of dust from a gas.
- dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
- 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.
- dutch medicine — patent medicine, esp made of herbs
- dutch reformed — of or relating to a Protestant denomination (Dutch Reformed Church) founded by Dutch settlers in New York in 1628 and renamed the Reformed Church in America in 1867.
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- east st. louis — a city in SW Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.
- east-southeast — the point on a compass midway between east and southeast.
- 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 europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- eat humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- ecclesiasticus — a book of the Apocrypha. Abbreviation: Ecclus.
- educated guess — informed estimate
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- elastic tissue — a connective tissue consisting largely of yellow, elastic fibers, occurring especially in the walls of arteries and veins
- electrocautery — Cautery using a needle or other instrument that is electrically heated.
- electroculture — the practice of using electricity in agriculture or horticulture in order to stimulate plant growth
- electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
- electroneutral — (physics) Having no net electric charge.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.