14-letter words containing u, n, d, e
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.
- depressurizing — Present participle of depressurize.
- despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
- destructionist — a person who believes in destruction, esp of social institutions
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- deunionization — to eliminate labor unions from (a company, industry, etc.).
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- diaphanousness — The quality of being diaphanous.
- dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
- diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
- diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
- diminutiveness — The state or quality of being diminutive.
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- direct current — Electricity. an electric current of constant direction, having a magnitude that does not vary or varies only slightly. Abbreviation: dc.
- direct insurer — A direct insurer is an insurance company that sells its policies directly to customers without using intermediaries.
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- discontinuance — the act or state of discontinuing or the state of being discontinued; cessation: the discontinuance of a business.
- discount house — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- discount store — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- discountenance — to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discursiveness — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- disdainfulness — The state or quality of being disdainful.
- disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- disfigurements — Plural form of disfigurement.
- disfurnishment — the act or quality of disfurnishing
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
- disgustfulness — the quality of being disgustful
- disgustingness — causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
- disillusionise — Alternative spelling of disillusionize.
- disillusionize — to disillusion.
- disingenuously — In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.
- disinvestiture — the act or state of being disinvested
- disk duplexing — (hardware, storage) A variation on disk mirroring where, as well as redundant disk drives, a second disk controller or host adapter is also present.
- dispiteousness — the state of being without pity
- disruptiveness — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- dissuasiveness — The quality of being dissuasive.
- distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
- district nurse — In Britain, a district nurse is a nurse who goes to people's houses to give them medical treatment and advice.
- diurnal circle — the apparent circle described by a heavenly body as a result of one rotation by the earth.
- divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
- dna sequencing — the procedure of determining the order of base pairs in a section of DNA
- do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
- do one's cruet — to be extremely angry; go into a rage