14-letter words containing to
- dextrorotatory — turning or circling to the right, in a clockwise direction
- dialectologist — a specialist in dialectology.
- dicamptodontid — (zoology) Any member of the Dicamptodontidae.
- dichotomically — division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
- differentiator — a person or thing that differentiates.
- diffractometer — an instrument that is used to study atomic crystal structure by measuring the angles at which x-rays, neutrons, or electrons are diffracted by matter.
- diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
- dimethylketone — acetone.
- dio chrysostom — 2nd century ad, Greek orator and philosopher
- director's cut — an edited version of a movie that has not been altered by a studio and over which its director has complete artistic control.
- disapprobatory — Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
- disceptatorial — disputable
- discount store — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- discriminators — Plural form of discriminator.
- discriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dissector tube — a form of television camera tube in which an electron image produced by a photoemitting surface is focused in the plane of an aperture and deflected past the aperture to achieve scanning.
- do violence to — to inflict harm upon; damage or violate
- doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- double-tongued — deceitful; hypocritical.
- draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
- dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- 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
- dust collector — A dust collector is a vessel or piece of equipment for the removal of dust from a gas.
- dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
- east palo alto — a town in W central California, on the S shore of San Francisco Bay.
- ectocommensals — Plural form of ectocommensal.
- editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
- electoral roll — list of registered voters
- electoral vote — the number of electors that each state or federal district is allowed to have
- electric motor — a device that converts electrical energy to mechanical torque
- electric storm — a violent atmospheric disturbance in which the air is highly charged with static electricity, causing a storm
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
- elevator shaft — passage for a lift
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- emprosthotonos — Alternative form of emprosthotonus.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
- endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- erythrocytosis — Polycythemia.