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14-letter words containing a, e, r, o, d, y

  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
  • interarytenoid — pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
  • intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • ladder polymer — a polymer, as DNA, consisting of double-stranded chains linked by hydrogen bonds or chemical bonds at regular intervals.
  • 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.
  • laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
  • lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
  • major delivery — (programming)   A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
  • 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
  • non-derogatory — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • 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.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
  • pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
  • 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.
  • radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
  • 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.
  • ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
  • recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
  • record company — business: sells recorded music
  • record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • 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).
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