14-letter words containing l, a, n, d, r, y
- flying gurnard — any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, especially Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
- groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
- highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- indeliberately — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indeterminably — In an indeterminable manner.
- intermediately — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- interrelatedly — in an interrelated manner
- intracardially — in an intracardial manner
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- leland hayward — Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
- lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- mary magdalene — Mary of Magdala, whom Jesus healed of possession by devils, Luke 8:2: traditionally identified with the repentant woman whom Jesus forgave. Luke 7:37–50.
- mean solar day — day (def 3a).
- naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
- neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
- new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
- old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
- quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- royal canadian — in the service of the Canadian federal government and the British monarch: Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- royal standard — a flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she (or he) is present