14-letter words containing f, d, l, e
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- goodfellowship — cheerful company
- half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- height of land — a watershed
- hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- hopfield model — Hopfield network
- house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
- indie landfill — a derogatory term for indie music considered to be mediocre
- infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
- john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
- keep the field — to continue activity, as in games or military operations
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- killing fields — People sometimes refer to a battlefield or a place where many people have been killed as that place's killing fields.
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- lattice defect — defect (def 3).
- lead the field — If you say that someone leads the field in a particular activity, you mean that they are better, more active, or more successful than everyone else who is involved in it.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- leave for dead — to abandon
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- lend itself to — to be adapted to, useful for, or open to
- life and death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
- life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
- life-and-death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
- lift attendant — a person who operates a lift, esp in large public or commercial buildings and hotels
- light-fingered — skillful at or given to pilfering, especially by picking pockets; thievish.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- lord of appeal — one of several judges appointed to assist the House of Lords in hearing appeals
- magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
- melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces
- merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
- middle flemish — the Flemish language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
- 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.
- mixed feelings — conflicted emotions
- 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.
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc