15-letter words containing a, n, y, d
- identifiability — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identity matrix — a matrix that has 1 in each position on the main diagonal and 0 in all other positions.
- identity papers — law: legal documents
- identity parade — law: police lineup
- idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- in the old days — a long time ago
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- inadmissibility — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
- indeterminately — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
- indian mulberry — a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes.
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
- indy car racing — a US form of professional motor racing around banked oval tracks
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- infrared galaxy — a galaxy that radiates strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- intramyocardial — Into or within the myocardium.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- jekyll and hyde — a person marked by dual personality, one aspect of which is good and the other bad.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- keynote address — a speech, as at a political convention, that presents important issues, principles, policies, etc.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- lady's-earrings — any of several plants having pendent flowers thought to resemble earrings, as the jewelweed or the fuchsia.
- lady-in-waiting — a lady who is in attendance upon a queen or princess.
- lambda-b baryon — a protonlike baryon containing a b quark; a neutral baryon with a mass 11,000 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.1 X 10 -12 seconds.
- lambda-c baryon — a positively charged baryon with a mean lifetime of approximately 2.1 X 10 -13 seconds.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- late in the day — in the evening
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- law of identity — the law that any proposition implies itself.
- lay of the land — the general state or condition of affairs under consideration; the facts of a situation: We asked a few questions to get the lay of the land.
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- lending library — Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.
- leonid andreyev — Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- lesser dionysia — (in ancient Attica) the wine feasts, processions, and dramatic performances composing one of the festivals honoring Dionysus, held in the middle of December.
- leyland cypress — a fast-growing cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, that is a hybrid produced by crossing the macrocarpa with the Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): widely grown for hedging
- library binding — a tough, durable cloth binding for books. Compare edition binding.
- library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
- limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
- loyalty islands — a group of coral islands in the S Pacific belonging to the French territory of New Caledonia. 761 sq. mi. (1970 sq. km).
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphadenopathy — chronically swollen lymph nodes.
- malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
- managed economy — an economy in which the government allocates prices of goods and resources
- marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
- marie byrd land — former name of Byrd Land.