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14-letter words containing l, d, s

  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
  • doubly serrate — biserrate
  • dracunculiasis — a disease caused by infection with the Guinea worm
  • dragon's blood — a deep-red, water-insoluble resin exuding from the fruit of a palm, Daemonorops draco, of the Malay Archipelago, used chiefly in the preparation of varnishes and in photoengraving for protecting certain areas of the metal plate from the acid.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
  • dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • driftless area — a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
  • driving school — vehicle operation lessons
  • drop-down list — pull-down list
  • dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • ductless gland — endocrine gland.
  • dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
  • duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
  • dust collector — A dust collector is a vessel or piece of equipment for the removal of dust from a gas.
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
  • dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
  • dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
  • e-mail address — electronic mail address
  • earless lizard — any of several slender iguanid lizards of the genus Holbrookia, of the western U.S. and Mexico, that have no external ear opening.
  • earned surplus — retained earnings.
  • east cleveland — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
  • electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
  • ellice islands — group of islands in the WC Pacific, north of Fiji: under British control, 1892-1978; name changed to Tuvalu in 1976 and as such became independent in 1978
  • encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
  • enclosed order — a Christian religious order that does not permit its members to go into the outside world
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • engler degrees — a scale of measurement of viscosity based on the ratio of the time taken by a particular liquid to flow through a standard orifice to the time taken by water to flow through the same orifice
  • english saddle — a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn, designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers
  • epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
  • exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • extension lead — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
  • faeroe islands — group of Danish islands in the N Atlantic, between Iceland & the Shetland Islands: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km); pop. 44,000
  • falseheartedly — In a falsehearted manner.
  • faraday shield — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
  • federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
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