14-letter words containing l, e, d, s
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
- quadrilaterals — Plural form of quadrilateral.
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
- quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- queensland nut — macadamia.
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
- 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.
- realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- red sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- remedilessness — the state or quality of being remediless or incapable of being restored or corrected
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- residence hall — Residence halls are buildings with rooms or apartments, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the school year.
- resident alien — an alien who has legally established residence in the U.S.
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- restricted epl — (language) (REPL) The efficient subset of EPL used to write the core of Multics.
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- rewardableness — the quality or state of being rewardable
- rhode islander — a person born or living in Rhode Island
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- ride the rails — Someone who rides the rails travels by train, especially over a long period of time and without buying a ticket.
- ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- saavedra lamas — Carlos [kahr-laws] /ˈkɑr lɔs/ (Show IPA), 1878?–1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1936.
- sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
- saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
- saddle leather — hide, as from a cow or bull, that undergoes vegetable tanning and is used for saddlery.
- sadler's wells — a theatre in London. It was renovated in 1931 by Lilian Bayliss and became the home of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company and the Sadler's Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet)
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
- salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
- salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
- sales director — a professional responsible for directing and managing the sales department of a company
- salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.