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14-letter words containing d, y, e, i

  • dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
  • door-key child — latchkey child.
  • dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor.
  • double density — floppy disk
  • dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • dry white wine — Dry white wine is white wine that does not have a sweet taste.
  • dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
  • dyalog limited — (company)   The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • encyclopaediae — Irregular plural form of encyclopaedia.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedical — (American spelling) alternative spelling of encyclopaedical.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • endodontically — according to the practice of endodontics
  • endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
  • endopolyploidy — The replication of chromosomes without the division of the cell nucleus; generates a polyploid nucleus.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
  • equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
  • ethyl chloride — a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic
  • extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
  • fairy bluebird — any fruit-eating passerine bird of the genus Irena, of the East Indies, the males of the several species being characteristically black below and purple-blue above.
  • faraday shield — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
  • feeblemindedly — Alt form feeble-mindedly.
  • feeding frenzy — Slang. a ruthless attack on or exploitation of someone especially by the media.
  • fertility drug — a substance that enhances the ability to produce young.
  • fiery-tempered — easily angered
  • find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
  • firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
  • firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
  • forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
  • four-eyed fish — a small, surface-swimming fish, Anableps anableps, inhabiting shallow, muddy streams of Mexico and Central America, having each eye divided, with the upper half adapted for seeing in air and the lower half for seeing in water.
  • friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
  • friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • garden-variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
  • glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
  • glycemic index — a system that ranks foods by the speeds at which their carbohydrates are converted into glucose in the body; a measure of the effects of foods on blood-sugar levels.
  • governing body — board, regulatory authority
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