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14-letter words containing i, n, a, d, e, l

  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-initiated — initiated or begun by oneself.
  • self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • sesquipedalian — given to using long words.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • 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
  • slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
  • slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
  • slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
  • stewart island — one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
  • striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
  • stuffed animal — soft toy
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
  • tandem trailer — Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
  • toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
  • travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
  • tridimensional — having three dimensions.
  • tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
  • ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
  • un-dialectical — dialectic.
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