14-letter words containing l, i, n, d, s
- children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- closed cornice — a slightly projecting wooden cornice composed of a frieze board and a crown molding without a soffit.
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- colorblindness — inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
- common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- condensational — Of or pertaining to condensation.
- condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
- consolidations — Plural form of consolidation.
- contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- cottonseed oil — a yellowish or dark red oil with a nutlike smell, extracted or expelled from cottonseed, used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, soaps, etc
- creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- cylinder press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- daisy fleabane — a North American composite plant, Erigeron annuus, having hairy stems and numerous, small, daisylike flowers with narrow white rays.
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decriminalised — to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against: to decriminalize marijuana.
- decriminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize.
- deinstallation — The process of deinstalling.
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demolitionists — Plural form of demolitionist.
- demoralisation — Alternative spelling of demoralization.
- denationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of denationalise.
- depersonalised — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalise.
- depersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalize.
- depersonalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depersonalize.
- depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
- depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
- desalinisation — Removal of salt and other minerals from water; desalination.
- desalinization — desalt.
- desirelessness — Absence of desire.
- despicableness — The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
- despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
- devil's island — one of the three Safety Islands, off the coast of French Guiana: formerly a leper colony, then a French penal colony from 1895 until 1938. Area: less than 2 sq km (1 sq mile)
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
- diagnosability — the quality of being diagnosable