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14-letter words containing a, n, d

  • meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
  • mean deviation — a measure of dispersion, computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the functional values from some central value, usually the mean or median.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • meat and drink — a source of pleasure
  • medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
  • medial moraine — a ridge of glacial drift formed by the junction of two converging valley glaciers.
  • mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
  • 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.
  • medieval latin — the Latin language of the literature of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500, including many Latinized words from other languages. Abbreviation: ML, M.L.
  • meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
  • meet and greet — (of a celebrity, politician, etc) to have a session of being introduced to and questioned by members of the public or journalists
  • meet-and-greet — a planned social occasion or activity at which a person, usually someone well-known, is formally introduced to attendees to socialize with them or answer their questions.
  • 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
  • mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
  • mental disease — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
  • merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • meridian angle — the angle, measured eastward or westward through 180°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
  • mermaid tavern — an inn formerly located on Bread Street, Cheapside, in the heart of old London: a meeting place and informal club for Elizabethan playwrights and poets.
  • merritt island — a town in E Florida.
  • metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
  • methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
  • michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
  • microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
  • middle eastern — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
  • middle england — Journalists use Middle England to refer to middle class people in England who are believed not to like change.
  • middle iranian — any of the Iranian languages spoken from about the first to the tenth centuries a.d., as Middle Persian.
  • middle persian — the Persian language at a stage that begins c300 b.c. and includes Pahlavi (attested from the 3rd to the 7th centuries a.d.) as well as the West Iranian literatures (3rd–10th centuries a.d.) of religions carried outside Persia. Abbreviation: MPers.
  • middle-ranking — A middle-ranking person has a fairly important or responsible position in a particular organization, but is not one of the most important people in it.
  • midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
  • midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
  • midway islands — an atoll in the central Pacific, about 2100 km (1300 miles) northwest of Honolulu: annexed by the US in 1867: scene of a decisive battle (June, 1942), in which the US combined fleets destroyed Japan's carrier fleet. Pop: 40 (2013 est). Area: 5 sq km (2 sq miles)
  • milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
  • milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
  • mills-and-boon — of or relating to novels by the British publisher Mills and Boon, esp in being romantic or sexual in nature
  • mind uploading — (application)   The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
  • mind-expanding — heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way: mind-expanding drugs.
  • minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
  • mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • misadvisedness — the state of being ill-advised or misguided
  • misapprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend.
  • misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
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