14-letter words containing d, o, e
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- indisposedness — The condition or quality of being indisposed.
- indre-et-loire — a department in W central France. 2378 sq. mi. (6160 sq. km). Capital: Tours.
- induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
- innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
- inordinateness — The quality of being inordinate; unreasonable excess.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- inter-division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interarytenoid — pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
- interconnected — to connect with one another.
- interconverted — Simple past tense and past participle of interconvert.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- interelectrode — existing between multiple electrodes
- intergradation — the act or process of intergrading or the state of being intergraded.
- intermediation — the act of intermediating.
- intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermodillion — a space between two modillions.
- into overdrive — into a state of intense activity
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- 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.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- 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.
- jeunesse doree — rich and fashionable young people
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
- jonker diamond — a noted diamond weighing 726 carats, discovered in the Transvaal in 1934 and cut into 12 pieces.
- judge advocate — a staff officer designated as legal adviser to a commander and charged with the administration of military justice.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- keep sb posted — update regularly
- 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
- kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
- 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).
- 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.
- 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
- landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
- late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual