14-letter words containing d, a, l, n
- outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- painted turtle — a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, common in the U.S., having bright yellow markings on the head and neck and red markings on the margin of the carapace.
- para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
- parcel gilding — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
- 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
- pedanticalness — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
- peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
- penalty double — business double.
- pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
- 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
- pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- perineal gland — one of a pair of glands that are situated near the anus in some mammals and secrete an odorous substance
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
- persian blinds — persiennes
- philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
- picolinic acid — a crystalline acid. Formula: C6H5NO2
- pineapple weed — an Asian plant, Matricaria matricarioides, naturalized in Europe and North America, having greenish-yellow flower heads, and smelling of pineapple when crushed: family Asteraceae (composites)
- plagal cadence — a cadence in which the chord of the tonic is preceded by that of the subdominant.
- planning board — development group
- platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- platonic solid — one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron.
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- pool attendant — a person who keeps watch at a swimming pool, and rescues anyone in danger of drowning
- postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
- postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- postnasal drip — a trickling of mucus onto the pharyngeal surface from the posterior portion of the nasal cavity, usually caused by a cold or allergy.
- postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
- prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
- pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
- promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.