14-letter words containing d, a, r, n, l
- ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
- guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- hadrian's wall — a wall of defense for the Roman province of Britain, constructed by Hadrian between Solway Firth and the mouth of the Tyne.
- hand-delivered — (of a letter or parcel) delivered by the sender rather than a postman or courier
- hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
- heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
- highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
- highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
- hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
- hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- i'll be darned — You can say I'll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something.
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- indeliberately — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indeterminable — not determinable; incapable of being ascertained.
- indeterminably — In an indeterminable manner.
- indian grackle — a starling, Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
- indian-wrestle — to engage in Indian wrestling: to Indian-wrestle for the city championship.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrialists — Plural form of industrialist.
- industrialized — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
- inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- interdialectal — relating to, or existing between, different dialects
- intermediately — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- internal audit — an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).
- interrelatedly — in an interrelated manner
- intraabdominal — Within the cavity of the abdomen.
- intracardially — in an intracardial manner
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow