14-letter words containing i, d, e, a
- intermediaries — Plural form of intermediary.
- intermediately — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- intermediating — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermediation — the act of intermediating.
- intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- internal audit — an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).
- internet-draft — (I-D) A draft working document of the Internet Engineering Task Force, its Areas, and its Working Groups. As the name implies, Internet-Drafts are purely discussion documents with no formal status. They are valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. Very often, an I-D is a precursor to a Request For Comments.
- interrelatedly — in an interrelated manner
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- isabela island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, off the W coast of South America: the largest of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. 2250 sq. mi. (5827 sq. km).
- isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- jeff davis pie — a custard pie baked in a pastry shell and containing spices, raisins, pecans, etc.
- jonker diamond — a noted diamond weighing 726 carats, discovered in the Transvaal in 1934 and cut into 12 pieces.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kidney disease — medical condition affecting the kidneys
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- kidney machine — artificial kidney.
- kierkegaardian — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy or religious views of Kierkegaard.
- kindergardener — Misspelling of kindergartner.
- kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- 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-thistle — a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- landing-waiter — landwaiter.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lattice defect — defect (def 3).
- lattice girder — a trusslike girder having the upper and lower chords connected by latticing.
- lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
- lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
- 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.
- lead(ii) oxide — a poisonous insoluble oxide of lead existing in red and yellow forms: used in making glass, glazes, and cements, and as a pigment. Formula: PbO
- leading rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable but junior to that of a corporal in the army
- learner driver — a person who is learning to drive
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- legal medicine — the application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law, especially in court proceedings.