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14-letter words containing i, o, a, n

  • documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
  • documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • dolomitization — the conversion of limestone into dolomite.
  • domain address — (networking)   The name of a host on the Internet belonging to the hierarchy of Internet domains.
  • domestications — Plural form of domestication.
  • donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
  • door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
  • dot-sequential — of, relating to, or being a color television system that sends and reproduces the primary colors as dots in proper sequence on each scanned line to produce a color picture.
  • double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • dovetail joint — A dovetail or a dovetail joint is a joint used for fitting two pieces of wood tightly together.
  • dovetail plane — a plane for cutting tongues and grooves with parallel or inclined sides.
  • down and dirty — unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
  • down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
  • down-and-dirty — unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
  • draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • drafting board — drawing board.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • draining board — The draining board is the place on a sink unit where things such as cups, plates, and cutlery are put to drain after they have been washed.
  • draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
  • dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
  • dramatisations — Plural form of dramatisation.
  • dramatizations — Plural form of dramatization.
  • draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
  • drawing office — an office where drawings are made
  • dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
  • drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • dutch colonial — of or relating to the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves over porches on the long sides.
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • easternization — (usually initial capital letter) to influence with ideas, customs, etc., characteristic of eastern Asia.
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • econometrician — Someone who studies economies with a view to mathematics.
  • economicalness — The quality of being economical.
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
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