14-letter words containing d, e, l, a, y
- new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
- old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- palaeopedology — the study of ancient soils
- partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- payday lending — the practice of offering short-term loans at high rates of interest, on the agreement that the borrower will pay back the loan when he or she next receives a wage or salary
- pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
- penalty double — business double.
- penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
- pizza delivery — a service provided by some pizza restaurants whereby pizzas are delivered to customers who have placed orders by telephone
- platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
- play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- police academy — a school for training police officers
- 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.
- premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- pyramid letter — chain letter.
- pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
- pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- 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
- red-lead putty — a compound for caulking pipe joints, made of red lead, white lead, and boiled linseed oil.
- red-letter day — A red-letter day is a day that you will always remember because something good happens to you then.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- secondary cell — storage cell.
- secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- sesquipedality — given to using long words.
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- 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
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.