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14-letter words containing a, d, e, n, y, l

  • lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
  • liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
  • liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mary magdalene — Mary of Magdala, whom Jesus healed of possession by devils, Luke 8:2: traditionally identified with the repentant woman whom Jesus forgave. Luke 7:37–50.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • medicamentally — in a manner that relates to medicaments
  • modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
  • neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
  • new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • payday lending — the practice of offering short-term loans at high rates of interest, on the agreement that the borrower will pay back the loan when he or she next receives a wage or salary
  • penalty double — business double.
  • penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • read-only user — (jargon)   Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • 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
  • stanley dancerStanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
  • 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.
  • tyndall effect — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
  • tyndall-effect — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
  • unacademically — in an unacademic manner
  • unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • undecidability — the quality of being undecidable
  • undeliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
  • vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
  • well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.
  • wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
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