14-letter words containing a, c, d, i
- isocyanic acid — an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kidney machine — artificial kidney.
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- lacrimal gland — either of two tear-secreting glands situated in the upper outer angle of the orbit.
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- larixinic acid — maltol.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lattice defect — defect (def 3).
- lattice girder — a trusslike girder having the upper and lower chords connected by latticing.
- lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- legal medicine — the application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law, especially in court proceedings.
- levulinic acid — a white or colorless, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 8 O 3 , produced by the hydrolysis of cane sugar, starch, or cellulose; used chiefly in the organic synthesis of nylon, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- linolenic acid — colourless unsaturated essential fatty acid
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- little richard — (Richard Wayne Penniman) born 1932, U.S. rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist.
- load balancing — (operating system, parallel) Techniques which aim to spread tasks among the processors in a parallel processor to avoid some processors being idle while others have tasks queueing for execution. Load balancing may be performed either by heavily loaded processors (with many tasks in their queues) sending tasks to other processors; by idle processors requesting work from others; by some centralised task distribution mechanism; or some combination of these. Some systems allow tasks to be moved after they have started executing ("task migration") others do not. It is important that the overhead of executing the load balancing algorithm does not contribute significantly to the overall processing or communications load. Distributed scheduling algorithms may be static, dynamic or preemptive. Static algorithms allocate processes to processors at run time while taking no account of current network load. Dynamic algorithms are more flexible, though more computationally expensive, and give some consideration to the network load before allocating the new process to a processor. Preemptive algorithms are more expensive and flexible still, and may migrate running processes from one host to another if deemed beneficial. Research to date indicates that dynamic algorithms yield significant performance benefits, but that further (though lesser) gains may be had through the addition of process migration facilities.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- macadamization — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
- magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
- mainland china — the People's Republic of China, as distinguished from Taiwan.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- mare acidalium — (Sea of Venus) an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- materia medica — (used with a plural verb) the remedial substances employed in medicine.
- medical doctor — a doctor of medicine, as opposed to the holder of a doctorate in any other field
- medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
- medical marker — a trait, condition, etc that indicates the presence of, or a probable increased predisposition towards, a medical or psychological disorder
- medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- medicamentally — in a manner that relates to medicaments
- medicine dance — a ritual dance performed by some North American Indians to invoke supernatural assistance as for driving out disease.
- medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
- medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
- mefenamic acid — a white powder, C 1 5 H 1 5 NO 2 , used as a mild analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic in certain types of arthritis and for the relief of moderate short-term pain due to dysmenorrhea.
- melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces