14-letter words containing d, e, l
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- irreducibility — (uncountable) The quality or degree of being irreducible.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- isabela island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, off the W coast of South America: the largest of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. 2250 sq. mi. (5827 sq. km).
- isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
- jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
- jerusalem date — butterfly flower.
- john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- juxtamedullary — (anatomy) next to the edge of the medulla (of the kidney).
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- keep the field — to continue activity, as in games or military operations
- kendal (green) — a coarse, green woolen cloth
- 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.
- kinetheodolite — a type of theodolite containing a cine camera instead of a telescope and giving continuous film of a moving target together with a record of its altitude and azimuth: used in tracking a missile, satellite, etc
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- ladder polymer — a polymer, as DNA, consisting of double-stranded chains linked by hydrogen bonds or chemical bonds at regular intervals.
- lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
- lady's-thistle — a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.
- lady's-tresses — any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers.
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- lambeth degree — an honorary degree conferred by the archbishop of Canterbury in divinity, arts, law, medicine, or music.
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- landing-waiter — landwaiter.
- landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
- language death — the complete displacement of one language by another in a population of speakers.
- langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.
- latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
- late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.