14-letter words containing e, l, d, r, s
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- 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.
- jerusalem date — butterfly flower.
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
- lady's-tresses — any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers.
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- league leaders — the team at the top of a league
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
- lepidopterists — Plural form of lepidopterist.
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
- mean solar day — day (def 3a).
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- merritt island — a town in E Florida.
- middle eastern — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- middle persian — the Persian language at a stage that begins c300 b.c. and includes Pahlavi (attested from the 3rd to the 7th centuries a.d.) as well as the West Iranian literatures (3rd–10th centuries a.d.) of religions carried outside Persia. Abbreviation: MPers.
- middle western — of or relating to the Middle West.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- midlife crisis — a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- mistletoe bird — a small Australian flower-pecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that feeds on mistletoe berries
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.