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14-letter words containing d, a, r, c, y

  • macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
  • myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
  • pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
  • pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
  • quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • radiologically — of or relating to radiology.
  • ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
  • recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
  • record company — business: sells recorded music
  • record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
  • recycled paper — paper made from recycled materials, esp waste paper
  • redundancy pay — severance pay.
  • richard scarry — Richard McClure, 1919–94, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • royal canadian — in the service of the Canadian federal government and the British monarch: Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
  • 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.
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
  • secondary road — a road less important than a main road or highway.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
  • stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
  • strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • tricyanic acid — cyanuric acid.
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
  • undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
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