16-letter words containing d, a, y, l, e
- heads-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- heavy with child — pregnant
- hendecasyllables — Plural form of hendecasyllable.
- hexahydroaniline — cyclohexylamine.
- hodmezovasarhely — a city in SE Hungary.
- hundred-year-old — of one hundred years of age
- hyaloid membrane — the delicate, pellucid, and nearly structureless membrane enclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
- hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
- hydrated alumina — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, Al(OH) 3 or Al 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, obtained chiefly from bauxite: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, and printing inks, in dyeing, and in medicine as an antacid and in the treatment of ulcers.
- hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
- hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
- hyperchlorhydria — excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hyperlipoidaemia — Alt form hyperlipoidemia.
- hypoaeolian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E, with the final on A.
- immediate family — parents, siblings, children
- implied warranty — a warranty not stated explicitly by the seller of merchandise or real property but presumed for reasons of commercial or legal custom (distinguished from express warranty).
- inclined railway — a cable railway used on particularly steep inclines unsuitable for normal adhesion locomotives
- indefatigability — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- it is early days — Early means near the beginning of something such as a piece of work or a process.
- knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- l-glyceraldehyde — the levorotatory optical isomer of glyceraldehyde.
- ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
- lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
- lady of the lake — a narrative poem (1810) by Sir Walter Scott.
- laserdisc player — a device that plays laserdiscs
- latter-day saint — a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- laurel and hardy — a team of US film comedians, Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, born in Britain, the thin one, and his partner, Oliver Hardy, 1892–1957, the fat one
- lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- lay intermediary — a layperson who is interposed between a lawyer and client to prevent the existence of a direct relationship between them.
- lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
- leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
- limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
- limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
- lonely hearts ad — an advertisement placed by someone who is trying to find a lover or a friend
- lord proprietary — (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
- lucas van leyden — (Lucas Hugensz) 1494–1533, Dutch painter and engraver.
- madame butterfly — an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini.
- maleic anhydride — a colorless crystalline, unsaturated compound, C 4 H 2 O 3 , that is soluble in acetone and hydrolyzes in water: used in the production of polyester resins, pesticides, and fumaric and tartaric acids.
- maleic hydrazide — a crystalline compound, C 4 N 2 H 4 O 2 , used as a plant growth inhibitor and weed-killer.
- many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
- mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
- medal of bravery — a Canadian award for courage
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- medium artillery — guns and howitzers of more than 105mm and less than 155mm caliber, sometimes including the 155mm howitzers. Compare heavy artillery (def 2), light artillery (def 2).
- medullary sheath — Botany. a narrow zone made up of the innermost layer of woody tissue immediately surrounding the pith in plants.