14-letter words that end in te
- council estate — a housing development built by a local council
- cremnitz white — lead white.
- crêpes suzette — crêpes rolled or folded in a hot, orange-flavored sauce and usually served in flaming brandy
- critical state — the state of a substance in which two of its phases have the same temperature, pressure, and volume
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
- dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
- delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
- departure date — Your departure date is the date that you are expected to leave a hotel or other location.
- departure gate — (in a large airport) any of the numbered exits leading to the airfield or aircraft
- dimenhydrinate — a synthetic, crystalline, antihistamine powder, C 17 H 22 NO⋅C 7 H 6 ClN 4 O 2 , used in the treatment of allergic disorders and as a preventive for seasickness and airsickness.
- dinoflagellate — any of numerous chiefly marine plankton of the phylum Pyrrophyta (or, in some classification schemes, the order Dinoflagellata), usually having two flagella, one in a groove around the body and the other extending from its center.
- disaccommodate — to inconvenience (a person)
- disappropriate — To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
- discharge rate — The discharge rate is the rate at which a process produces waste or a product.
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- disincarcerate — to release from imprisonment
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- double entente — a double meaning; ambiguity.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- drag parachute — drogue parachute (def 2).
- drag-parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
- droit de suite — a right recognized by the legislation of several member countries of the European Union whereby an artist, or his or her heirs, is entitled to a share of the price of a work of art if it is resold during the artist's lifetime or for 70 years after his or her death
- drop-dead date — an absolute deadline that cannot be missed
- drum majorette — a girl or woman who leads a marching band or drum corps.
- duckfoot quote — chevron-shaped quotation mark
- eggshell white — a yellowish white colour
- electoral vote — the number of electors that each state or federal district is allowed to have
- forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
- free-associate — to engage in free association.
- freshness date — the last date, usually specified on the label or packaging, that a food, as bread, is considered fresh, although it may be sold, ordinarily at reduced prices, or eaten after that date.
- garrison state — a state in which military matters dominate economic and political life.
- heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
- hemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in
- hemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, especially of the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, that is parasitic in the blood.
- high as a kite — very drunk
- honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
- housing estate — housing development.
- hydroxyapatite — a mineral, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 OH 2 , that is the principal storage form of calcium and phosphorus in bone.
- hyperoxygenate — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
- Île de la cité — a natural island in the river Seine, in the centre of the city of Paris, France, the Île de la Cité is the location where the medieval city was refounded
- imparidigitate — having an odd number of fingers on each limb
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people