14-letter words containing ad
- tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
- tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
- terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- tetraethyllead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
- the dead heart — the remote interior of Australia
- the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
- the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
- the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
- the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
- thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments.
- to have had it — If you say that someone has had it, you mean they are in very serious trouble or have no hope of succeeding.
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- tracking radar — a radar system emitting a narrow beam which oscillates about the target, thus compensating for abrupt changes of direction
- trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trade language — a lingua franca, especially one used primarily for trade and conducting business.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
- trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- trading estate — industrial area
- trading nation — a nation that trades with other countries
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionalist — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionality — of or relating to tradition.
- traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
- un-adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- unacademically — in an unacademic manner
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- undergraduette — a female undergraduate
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- upper canadian — a native or inhabitant of Ontario.
- Ústí nad labem — a port in the Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: textile and chemical industries. Pop: 95 000 (2005 est)
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- well-addressed — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
- west hempstead — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- western saddle — a heavy saddle having a deep seat, high cantle and pommel, pommel horn, wide leather flaps for protecting the rider's legs, and little padding.
- whaddayacallit — A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.
- wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
- with bad grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- xeroradiograph — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.
- zeno's paradox — any of various versions of a paradox regarding the relation of the discrete to the continuous and requiring the concept of limit for its satisfactory explanation.