14-letter words containing d, e, s, y, a
- 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.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- 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
- kidney disease — medical condition affecting the kidneys
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- 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).
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- madhya pradesh — a state in central India. 119,016 sq. mi. (308,252 sq. km). Capital: Bhopal.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- mean solar day — day (def 3a).
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
- new year's day — January 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries.
- of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
- ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- pay one's dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
- 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.
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- 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.
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.