14-letter words containing a, c, i, d, y, e
- 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.
- modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
- platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- police academy — a school for training police officers
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
- polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
- predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
- tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- unacademically — in an unacademic manner
- unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undecidability — the quality of being undecidable
- under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.