14-letter words containing t, r, e, s, d
- herniated disk — an abnormal protrusion of a spinal disk between vertebrae, most often in the lumbar region of the spine, causing pain due to pressure on spinal nerves.
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- immoderateness — The quality of being immoderate, lack of moderation or temperance.
- in other words — that is to say
- in short order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- in this regard — on this point
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indeterminates — Plural form of indeterminate.
- index register — (processor) A register found in some CPUs, whose contents can be added to the address operand to give the effective address. Incrementing the index register then allows the program to access the next location in memory and so on, making it very useful for working with arrays or blocks of memory. Index registers first appeared around April 1949 in the Manchester Mark I. The Mark I's index register's contents were simply added to the entire instruction, thus potentially changing the opcode (see The story of Mel)!
- indian-wrestle — to engage in Indian wrestling: to Indian-wrestle for the city championship.
- indifferentism — systematic indifference.
- indifferentist — An advocate of indifferentism.
- indirect costs — a business cost that is not directly accountable to a particular function or product; a fixed cost, as a land tax or the like.
- indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
- indiscreetness — Indiscretion.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrialized — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
- inordinateness — The quality of being inordinate; unreasonable excess.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- inter-division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- interestedness — having an interest in something; concerned: Interested members will meet at noon.
- intermediaries — Plural form of intermediary.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- james breasted — James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- jerusalem date — butterfly flower.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kindred spirit — likeminded person
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lady's-tresses — any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers.
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.