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

  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • police academy — a school for training police officers
  • police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
  • polyvinylidene — pertaining to or derived from a polymer of a vinylidene compound.
  • potato psyllid — a tiny homopterous insect, Paratrioza cockerelli, occurring in some areas of the western U.S., western Canada, and Mexico: a serious pest to potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, the nymphs acting as vectors in the transmission of psyllid yellows.
  • powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
  • predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
  • premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
  • prepsychedelic — describing the period before the psychedelic era
  • productibility — the ability to produce
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • public holiday — national day off work
  • pyramid letter — chain letter.
  • pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
  • quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
  • radiologically — of or relating to radiology.
  • radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
  • record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
  • road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
  • royal canadian — in the service of the Canadian federal government and the British monarch: Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
  • sailing dinghy — a small boat or dinghy with a single mast, used esp for recreational sailing
  • salicylic acid — a white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, C 7 H 6 O 3 , prepared from salicin or phenol: used as a food preservative, in the manufacture of aspirin, and in medicine chiefly in the form of a salicylate as a remedy for rheumatic and gouty conditions.
  • salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • sesquipedality — given to using long words.
  • single density — a disk with the normal capacity for storage
  • skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
  • slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
  • slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
  • solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
  • solids recycle — Solids recycle is the return of solids to a liquid-solid operation so that they can be processed or used again.
  • spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner
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