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14-letter words containing l, a, d

  • allopolyploidy — the state of having two or more sets of chromosomes derived from parents of different species or widely differing strains
  • allotetraploid — a hybrid cell or individual possessing four times the chromosomes in a haploid organism
  • allyl chloride — a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, C 3 H 5 Cl, having a pungent odor, derived from propylene by chlorination: used chiefly in the synthesis of allyl alcohol, resins, and pharmaceuticals.
  • allyl sulphide — a colourless liquid that smells like garlic and is used as a flavouring. Formula: (CH2:CHCH2)2S; relative density: 0.888; boiling pt: 139°C
  • almond essence — a concentrated liquid obtained from almonds, used in cooking and baking
  • almond extract — oil, essence
  • altitudinarian — relating to high ideals
  • aluminohydride — (inorganic compound) The univalent anion, AlH4-, present in such compounds as lithium aluminium hydride.
  • aluminum oxide — alumina
  • alveolar ridge — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
  • amadis of gaul — the title character of a medieval prose romance in Spanish
  • ambidextrously — In an ambidextrous manner.
  • aminoglycoside — of or relating to amino sugars in glycosidic linkage.
  • amniotic fluid — the fluid surrounding the fetus in the womb
  • amygdalic acid — any of three stereoisomeric acids having the formula C 8 H 8 O 3 , especially dl-mandelic acid, a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid obtainable from amygdalin: used chiefly in medicine as an antiseptic.
  • analyzed rhyme — the use of assonance and consonance in a complex pattern at the ends of alternate lines of a quatrain, as in head, mat, met, had.
  • andorra-prolog — (language)  
  • andrew toolkit — (tool)   (ATK) A portable user interface toolkit developed as part of the Andrew project, running on the X Window System and distributed with X11R5.
  • androcephalous — having a human head
  • angelic doctor — an epithet of Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • angle of slide — the minimum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material will start to slide or flow.
  • animal kingdom — a category of living organisms comprising all animals
  • anisodactylous — Zoology. having the toes unlike, or unequal in number.
  • antediluvially — in antediluvian times, in times before the Flood
  • antennal gland — green gland.
  • anthony dollar — a cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to one dollar, bearing a portrait of Susan B. Anthony on its obverse: first issued in 1979.
  • anti-diarrheal — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
  • antidiarrhoeal — a drug used to prevent or treat diarrhoea
  • antidromically — in an antidromic manner
  • antifederalism — Alternative form of anti-federalism.
  • antifederalist — a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Antifederal Party, which opposed extension of the powers of the federal Government
  • antiodontalgic — of use in the treatment of toothache
  • antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
  • apple islander — a native or inhabitant of Tasmania
  • apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
  • arachnodactyly — A condition in which the fingers and hands are abnormally long and slender.
  • arctic redpoll — a finch, Carduelis hornemanni, of the family Fringillidae, which breeds in tundra birch forest
  • area pellucida — the translucent central area of the blastoderm of birds and reptiles within which the embryo develops.
  • arrivals board — a board showing the time of arrival of planes, trains or buses
  • articled clerk — a trainee solicitor bound by a written contract
  • artificialized — Simple past tense and past participle of artificialize.
  • assessed value — the value of something as determined by an assessor, especially the value of real property.
  • assisted place — a place at a private school reserved for a pupil from a family with a low income, with the fees paid by the government
  • at a loose end — If you are at a loose end, you are bored because you do not have anything to do and cannot think of anything that you want to do. In American English, you usually say that you are at loose ends.
  • at loggerheads — If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other.
  • atlas autocode — (language)   The Autocode for the Ferranti Atlas, which may have been the first commercial computer with hardware-paged virtual memory. Whereas other autocodes were basically assembly languages, Atlas Autocode was high-level and block-structured, resembling a cross between Fortran and ALGOL 60. It had call-by value, loops, declarations, complex numbers, pointers, heap and stack storage generators, dynamic arrays, and extensible syntax.
  • auditory canal — the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.
  • auld lang syne — Auld Lang Syne is a Scottish song about friendship that is traditionally sung as clocks strike midnight on New Year's Eve.
  • austrian blind — a window blind consisting of rows of vertically gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
  • autopilot code — (jargon, humour)   Code that was written by a programmer on "auto-pilot" who wasn't really thinking about what they were doing.
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