14-letter words containing d, a, n, e, r, i
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- jonker diamond — a noted diamond weighing 726 carats, discovered in the Transvaal in 1934 and cut into 12 pieces.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- kierkegaardian — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy or religious views of Kierkegaard.
- kindergardener — Misspelling of kindergartner.
- kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- landing-waiter — landwaiter.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- leading rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable but junior to that of a corporal in the army
- learner driver — a person who is learning to drive
- liberal-minded — espousing liberal views and policies
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- literal-minded — unimaginative; prosaic; matter-of-fact.
- live and learn — gain knowledge and experience
- load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- maiden's-tears — bladder campion.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
- matter in deed — a fact or statement that can be proved or established by a deed or specialty.
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- meat and drink — a source of pleasure
- medial moraine — a ridge of glacial drift formed by the junction of two converging valley glaciers.
- 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.
- metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
- michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- 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 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.