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14-letter words containing a, l, u, d

  • futuna islands — a group of islands in the SW Pacific Ocean belonging to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.
  • garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
  • gerald sussman — (person)   (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • glutaraldehyde — a nonflammable liquid, C 5 H 8 O 2 , soluble in water and alcohol, toxic and an irritant, used for tanning leather and as a fixative for samples to be examined under the electron microscope.
  • go a bundle on — to be extremely fond of
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
  • ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
  • guadalupe palm — a fan palm, Brahea (or Erythea) edulis, of southern California, having long clusters of globe-shaped, black, edible fruit.
  • guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
  • gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
  • half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
  • harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
  • haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
  • heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
  • household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
  • household name — a person or thing that is very well known
  • household soap — a substance that you use with water for washing clothes, removing stains, cleaning floors, etc
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydraulic ramp — a movable ramp operated by pressure transmitted through a pipe by a liquid
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
  • image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
  • individualised — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
  • individualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualise.
  • individualists — Plural form of individualist.
  • individualized — Give an individual character to.
  • individualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualize.
  • indubitability — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
  • industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
  • industrialists — Plural form of industrialist.
  • industrialized — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
  • industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
  • infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
  • inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
  • internal audit — an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).
  • intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
  • iridopupillary — pertaining to the iris and the pupil.
  • isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
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