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16-letter words containing i, l, a, d

  • dominical letter — any one of the letters from A to G used in church calendars to mark the Sundays throughout any particular year, serving primarily to aid in determining the date of Easter.
  • dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
  • double pneumonia — pneumonia affecting both lungs.
  • double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • drainage channel — a channel along which drained water flows away
  • dry distillation — destructive distillation.
  • dual carriageway — divided highway.
  • dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
  • dual nationality — dual citizenship (def 1).
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • dual-nationality — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
  • dublin bay prawn — a large prawn usually used in a dish of scampi
  • duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
  • ducktail-haircut — DA.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • duplicate bridge — a form of contract bridge used in tournaments in which contestants play the identical series of deals, with each deal being scored independently, permitting individual scores to be compared.
  • dynamic analysis — (programming)   Evaluation of a program based on its execution. Dynamic analysis relies on executing a piece of software with selected test data.
  • dynamic language — (language)   (Dylan) A simple object-oriented Lisp dialect, most closely resembling CLOS and Scheme, developed by Advanced Technology Group East at Apple Computer. See also Marlais.
  • dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
  • earnings-related — An earnings-related payment or benefit provides higher or lower payments according to the amount a person was earning while working.
  • earthly paradise — Bible: Garden of Eden
  • editorialization — The act of editorializing, or something editorialized.
  • educational park — a group of elementary and high schools, usually clustered in a parklike setting and having certain facilities shared by all grades, that often accommodates students from a large area.
  • elected official — person voted into office
  • electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
  • elevated railway — an urban railway track built on supports above a road
  • ellesmere island — a Canadian island in the Arctic Ocean: part of Nunavut; mountainous, with many glaciers. Area: 212 688 sq km (82 119 sq miles)
  • encyclopedically — In an encyclopedic way; in the manner of an encyclopedia.
  • endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
  • english canadian — a Canadian citizen whose first language is English, esp one of English descent
  • entente cordiale — a friendly understanding between political powers: less formal than an alliance
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
  • external auditor — sb brought in to check financial records
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • fair to middling — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
  • falkland islands — disputed islands in Atlantic Ocean
  • fantail goldfish — an artificially bred, hardy variety of goldfish, usually oval-shaped and deep orange or calico, with a deeply cleft, four-lobed tail held in line with the body.
  • farquhar islands — an island group in the Indian Ocean: administratively part of the Seychelles
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • fat-tailed sheep — one of a class of sheep with much fat along the sides of the tail bones, raised for their meat and widely distributed in southeast Europe, northern Africa, and Asia.
  • federal district — a district in which the national government of a country is located, especially one in Latin America.
  • federal register — a bulletin, published daily by the U.S. federal government, containing the schedule of hearings before Congressional and federal agency committees, together with orders, proclamations, etc., released by the executive branch of the government.
  • federalist party — a political group that favored the adoption by the states of the Constitution.
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • fielding average — a measure of the fielding ability of a player, obtained by dividing the number of put-outs and assists by the number of put-outs, assists, and errors and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A player with ten errors in 600 chances has a fielding average of .984.
  • financial doping — the situation in which a sports franchise borrows heavily in order to contract and pay high-performing players, jeopardizing their long-term financial future
  • firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
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