14-letter words containing d, a, y, s, c
- dodecasyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to 12 syllables.
- dodecasyllable — a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
- doomsday clock — an image of a clockface representing the time remaining before the onset of a global catastrophe in terms of a number of minutes before midnight
- dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- idealistically — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
- idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
- incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
- insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
- isocyanic acid — an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- ordinary stock — British. common stock.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
- peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- 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.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- 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.
- richard scarry — Richard McClure, 1919–94, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- salicylic acid — a white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, C 7 H 6 O 3 , prepared from salicin or phenol: used as a food preservative, in the manufacture of aspirin, and in medicine chiefly in the form of a salicylate as a remedy for rheumatic and gouty conditions.