14-letter words containing l, i, p, e, d
- spindle-legged — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- squared splice — square splice.
- striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
- striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
- supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triple dresser — a dresser having three drawers across for most of its height.
- ultracrepidate — to go beyond one's scope or province, esp to criticize beyond one's sphere of knowledge
- un-manipulated — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- un-replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unpresidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- unpretendingly — without pretence
- unreproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- ville-de-paris — a department in N France. 41 sq. mi. (106 sq. km). Capital: Paris.
- waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
- well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
- well-dispersed — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- well-practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
- well-published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- world premiere — the first public performance of a play, motion picture, musical work, etc.
- zona pellucida — the transparent, noncellular layer surrounding the ovum of mammals, often having radial striations.