14-letter words containing t, o, a, d, s
- barbados earth — a diatomaceous marl found in Barbados
- basidiomycetes — Mycology. any of a group of fungi constituting the phylum Basidiomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or, in older classification schemes, the class Basidiomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by bearing the spores on a basidium, including the smuts, rust, mushrooms, and puffballs.
- basket-of-gold — a yellow-flowered perennial plant (Alyssum saxatile, now more properly Aurinia saxatilis) of the crucifer family, often used in rock gardens
- bastard indigo — a bushy shrub, Amorpha fruticosa, of the legume family, native to North America, having elongated clusters of dull purplish or bluish flowers.
- bastardisation — Alternative form of bastardization.
- bastardization — the act of bastardizing
- beard-stroking — deep thought
- bermuda shorts — close-fitting shorts that come down to the knees
- blood and guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- blood-and-guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- boatswain bird — tropic bird.
- body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
- born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
- boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
- breakfast food — any prepared cereal for breakfast
- 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.
- broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
- brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
- cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
- catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
- celestial body — an object visible in the sky, such as a planet
- 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
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coated vesicle — a clathrin-covered vesicle that forms from the closure of a coated pit, engulfing the ligand-receptor complex in endocytosis.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- condensational — Of or pertaining to condensation.
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- considerations — Plural form of consideration.
- consolidations — Plural form of consolidation.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contrabandists — Plural form of contrabandist.
- contractedness — the state of being shortened
- 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.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- copy and paste — to copy (information in a computer document) and put it somewhere else in the document
- 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.
- cross-addicted — addicted to two or more substances simultaneously.