14-letter words containing d, i, s, a
- iris diaphragm — a composite diaphragm with a central aperture readily adjustable for size, used to regulate the amount of light admitted to a lens or optical system.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- 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.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocitric acid — a major intermediate in the Krebs cycle, having the formula C 6 H 8 O 7 .
- isocyanic acid — an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.
- 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.
- isolation ward — a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- jardin anglais — a landscape garden having winding paths and irregular planting.
- jeff davis pie — a custard pie baked in a pastry shell and containing spices, raisins, pecans, etc.
- judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kidney disease — medical condition affecting the kidneys
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- 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.
- lagoon islands — a former name of Tuvalu.
- landing lights — aircraft lights used when landing
- 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
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
- 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
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- lipari islands — a group of volcanic islands under Italian administration off the N coast of Sicily: remains that form a continuous record from Neolithic times. Chief town: Lipari. Pop: 10 554 (2001). Area: 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- livia drusilla — 58 bc–29 ad, Roman noblewoman: wife (from 39 bc) of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius
- lord spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
- maiden's-tears — bladder campion.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.