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14-letter words containing d, a, m, n, s

  • modern persian — the Persian language since the Middle Persian stage.
  • modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
  • monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
  • mont-de-marsan — a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
  • morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
  • muslin delaine — mousseline de laine.
  • name and shame — If something such as a newspaper or an official body names and shames people who have performed badly or who have done something wrong, it identifies those people by name.
  • nelson mandela — Nelson (Rolihlahla) [raw-lee-lah-luh] /ˌrɔ liˈlɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1918–2013, South African black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.
  • nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
  • new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
  • non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
  • nondimensional — Not dimensional.
  • normal divisor — a normal subgroup.
  • norman dynasty — a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.
  • old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
  • ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
  • precision-made — made to precise specifications
  • pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
  • psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
  • radiostrontium — strontium 90.
  • random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
  • random testing — (programming, testing)   A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
  • saddam hussein — Also, Hosein, Husain. (al-Husayn) a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
  • scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
  • scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
  • second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
  • second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • 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.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
  • semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • send a message — to convey or communicate one's feelings, desires, etc. in a subtle or indirect manner
  • send a message — to convey or communicate one's feelings, desires, etc. in a subtle or indirect manner
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • shamefacedness — modest or bashful.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • slalom descent — a winding descent
  • slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
  • slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
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