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14-letter words containing d, e, f, i, l

  • frilled lizard — a medium-sized Australian lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi, having a large, cloaklike flap of skin on the neck that stiffens during courtship or threat displays, forming a wide ruff.
  • full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
  • fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
  • height of land — a watershed
  • hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
  • hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
  • hopfield model — Hopfield network
  • ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
  • indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
  • indie landfill — a derogatory term for indie music considered to be mediocre
  • infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
  • keep the field — to continue activity, as in games or military operations
  • kidney failure — loss of renal function
  • killing fields — People sometimes refer to a battlefield or a place where many people have been killed as that place's killing fields.
  • lattice defect — defect (def 3).
  • lead the field — If you say that someone leads the field in a particular activity, you mean that they are better, more active, or more successful than everyone else who is involved in it.
  • lend itself to — to be adapted to, useful for, or open to
  • life and death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
  • life-and-death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • lift attendant — a person who operates a lift, esp in large public or commercial buildings and hotels
  • light-fingered — skillful at or given to pilfering, especially by picking pockets; thievish.
  • lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
  • line of credit — credit line (def 2).
  • magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
  • meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
  • melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces
  • merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
  • middle flemish — the Flemish language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
  • midlife crisis — a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
  • mixed feelings — conflicted emotions
  • 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.
  • non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc
  • non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
  • off-line world — (jargon)   A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
  • old-field colt — catch-colt (def 2).
  • opposite field — the opposite part of the outfield in relation to the batter, as left field for a right-handed batter.
  • over-fulfilled — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
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