14-letter words containing t, r, i, u, a
- critical value — the value of the random variable at the boundary between the acceptance region and the rejection region in the testing of a hypothesis.
- cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- crutched friar — a member of a mendicant order, suppressed in 1656
- crux australis — a small conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere lying in the Milky Way near Centaurus. The four brightest stars form a cross the longer arm of which points to the south celestial pole
- crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
- cubital furrow — (in certain insects) a crease, between the cubital and anal veins, along which the wing folds.
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- current rating — Current rating is the maximum current that a fuse will carry for an indefinite period without too much deterioration of the fuse element.
- curtain raiser — a short play preceding a main play.
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
- curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cutis anserina — goose bumps.
- cutting garden — a household flower garden planted solely for growing flowers that are to be cut and displayed indoors.
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- dead sea fruit — something that appears to be beautiful or full of promise but is in reality nothing but illusion and disappointment.
- delta aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- departure time — the time of departure of a train, bus, aircraft, etc
- despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
- disattribution — an act or process of invalidating the attribution of something, for example of a work of art to a particular artist
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
- distributaries — Plural form of distributary.
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- diurnal motion — the apparent daily motion, caused by the earth's rotation, of celestial bodies across the sky.
- diverticulated — having diverticula
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- 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.
- draw a picture — represent sth visually
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance