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14-letter words containing d, o, n, y

  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
  • hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
  • hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
  • idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
  • idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
  • in holy orders — ordained
  • inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
  • incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
  • indomitability — that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior.
  • 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
  • infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
  • innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
  • interarytenoid — pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
  • intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
  • introductorily — By way of introduction.
  • isocyanic acid — an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.
  • jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
  • john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
  • kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
  • labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
  • lending policy — a set of guidelines and criteria developed by a bank and used by its employees to determine whether an applicant for a loan should be granted or refused the loan
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • london company — a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.
  • longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
  • lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
  • malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
  • man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
  • merry-go-round — Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music.
  • mindbogglingly — In a mindboggling manner; in such a way as to boggle the mind; so as to be beyond comprehension or understanding.
  • minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
  • modal analysis — Modal analysis is the analysis of a structure to find its natural frequencies of vibration.
  • modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
  • monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
  • monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
  • morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
  • motor industry — the manufacturers of cars viewed as a sector
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