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14-letter words containing d, p, h, i, l

  • 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.
  • indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
  • indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
  • island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
  • keep the field — to continue activity, as in games or military operations
  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • photoduplicate — photocopy.
  • pidgin english — a pidgin language based on English formerly used in commerce in Chinese ports.
  • pitch cylinder — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • pitched battle — a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined.
  • play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • 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.
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • prepsychedelic — describing the period before the psychedelic era
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
  • public holiday — national day off work
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • put the lid on — to be the final blow to
  • radiographical — the production of radiographs.
  • radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
  • sesquisulphide — a sulphide containing three sulphur atoms to two of some other element
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • sulphuric acid — Sulphuric acid is a colourless, oily, and very powerful acid.
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
  • traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
  • un-replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • well-published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
  • world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world
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