0%

16-letter words containing d, r, e, a, l, s

  • hodmezovasarhely — a city in SE Hungary.
  • horsehead nebula — a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.
  • hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
  • indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
  • indian wrestling — arm wrestling
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
  • inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
  • interdimensional — Between dimensions.
  • interrelatedness — reciprocally or mutually related: an interrelated series of experiments.
  • intradermal test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
  • irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
  • isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
  • it is early days — Early means near the beginning of something such as a piece of work or a process.
  • italian dressing — a strongly flavored vinaigrette for salads, containing garlic, oregano, red peppers, etc.
  • kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
  • ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
  • ladies'-eardrops — lady's-earrings.
  • ladies'-earrings — lady's-earrings.
  • lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
  • laserdisc player — a device that plays laserdiscs
  • latter-day saint — a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • lauderdale lakes — a city in SE Florida: suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
  • laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
  • leasehold reform — reform of the law relating to leasehold property
  • lesser celandine — a Eurasian plant, Ranunculus ficaria, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and glossy yellow flowers, naturalized in North America.
  • lesser sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 2).
  • lewis and harris — the northernmost island of the Hebrides, in NW Scotland. 825 sq. mi. (2135 sq. km).
  • lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
  • lizard peninsula — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
  • lonely hearts ad — an advertisement placed by someone who is trying to find a lover or a friend
  • lord howe island — an island in the S Pacific, E of Australia: a dependency of New South Wales. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
  • lords-and-ladies — (used with a singular verb) cuckoopint.
  • mail-order house — a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc.
  • matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
  • medullary sheath — Botany. a narrow zone made up of the innermost layer of woody tissue immediately surrounding the pith in plants.
  • menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
  • miller's disease — osteofibrosis of horses due to low concentration of phosphorus in the blood caused by eating bran exclusively
  • mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
  • modern languages — languages currently spoken
  • modified-release — denoting a formulation of a medicinal drug taken orally that releases the active ingredients over several hours, in order to maintain a relatively constant plasma concentration of the drug
  • musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
  • mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
  • natural disaster — meteorological or geological catastrophe
  • no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
  • nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
  • nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?