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14-letter words containing l, a, d, y, s, t

  • insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
  • lady's-thistle — a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.
  • lady's-tresses — any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers.
  • laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • 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
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
  • liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
  • macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
  • mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • 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.
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • 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 standard — a flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she (or he) is present
  • safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • sesquipedality — given to using long words.
  • stanley dancerStanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
  • steely-hearted — hard-hearted
  • strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
  • syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
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