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

  • end one's days — to pass the end of one's life
  • endophenotypes — Plural form of endophenotype.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
  • hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • holiday season — period: November to January
  • hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
  • hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
  • hydronephrosis — dilation of the branches and pelvic cavity of the kidney, caused by an accumulation of urine resulting from obstruction of normal outflow.
  • hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
  • hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
  • idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
  • in holy orders — ordained
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
  • monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
  • monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
  • neurodiversity — the variation and differences in neurological structure and function that exist among human beings, especially when viewed as being normal and natural rather than pathological: recognizing autism as an example of neurodiversity.
  • non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
  • north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
  • ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • pay one's dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
  • pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
  • polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • read-only user — (jargon)   Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
  • scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
  • secondary road — a road less important than a main road or highway.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • seeing eye dog — a dog that has been specially trained to lead or guide a blind person in walking about.
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