14-letter words containing d, a, n, s, e
- maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
- malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- 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
- mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- mean solar day — day (def 3a).
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
- 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.
- merritt island — a town in E Florida.
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
- 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 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.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- 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.
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
- 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.
- muslin delaine — mousseline de laine.
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- 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.
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
- 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.
- new year's day — January 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries.
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- news headlines — a short news broadcast briefly outlining the main news stories of the day
- non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
- non-associated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.