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14-letter words containing d, e, s, o, l, a

  • plaza de toros — a bullring.
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • 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.
  • postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
  • preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
  • prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
  • provincialised — to make provincial in character.
  • pseudo-classic — falsely or spuriously classic.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
  • pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
  • rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
  • 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.
  • reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
  • rhode islander — a person born or living in Rhode Island
  • roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
  • sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
  • sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
  • salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
  • sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
  • sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • 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.
  • selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
  • self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
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