14-letter words containing d, i, p, l
- glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- goodfellowship — cheerful company
- gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
- 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
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
- helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter pad — landing area
- high-card pool — red dog.
- hopfield model — Hopfield network
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
- hydraulic ramp — a movable ramp operated by pressure transmitted through a pipe by a liquid
- hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
- hydrographical — Hydrographic.
- hydrophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being hydrophilic.
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hydroxyproline — a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypercivilized — Very highly civilized.
- hyperlipidemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hyperlipidemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- idiopathically — In an idiopathic sense or manner.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- implied reader — the hypothetical reader that a work is addressed to, whose thoughts, attitudes, etc, may differ from an actual reader's
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- inclined plane — one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle. Compare machine (def 4b).
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indemnity plan — An indemnity plan is a healthcare plan that allows policyholders to choose any healthcare provider they wish, and charges them a fee depending on the rules of the policy.
- india pale ale — a pale-colored ale with a higher hops and alcohol content than average. Abbreviation: IPA.
- indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
- indispensables — Plural form of indispensable.
- inland passage — Inside Passage
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- iridopupillary — pertaining to the iris and the pupil.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- 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