15-letter words containing l, o, r, y, d
- double jeopardy — the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished.
- drying-up cloth — a tea towel
- early admission — a plan for admission to colleges in the US, in which students apply to colleges earlier in the year than is customary and receive their results earlier too
- electrodialyses — Plural form of electrodialysis.
- electrodialysis — Dialysis in which the movement of ions is aided by an electric field applied across the semipermeable membrane.
- electrodialytic — Relating to electrodialysis.
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- eleutherodactyl — (of a bird) having the hind toe free
- embroidery silk — a silk thread used for embroidery
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- epichlorohydrin — an organic compound used as a solvent in resin-making
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- extraordinarily — In an extraordinary manner.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- federal holiday — a day which is a national holiday at the behest of the Federal Government
- ferromolybdenum — a ferroalloy containing up to 60 percent molybdenum.
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
- general holiday — a public holiday
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- golden boy/girl — If you refer to a man as a golden boy or a woman as a golden girl, you mean that they are especially popular and successful.
- gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
- grand old party — G.O.P.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexahydrothymol — menthol.
- holiday traffic — increased road traffic during holiday periods and public holidays
- hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
- hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
- hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
- hydrosulphurous — relating to or derived from hydrosulphurous acid
- hydroxylapatite — Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite.
- hyperlipoidemia — An abnormally high level of lipoids in the blood.
- hypochlorhydria — (pathology) The presence of an insufficient amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
- ichthyodorylite — a fossilised fish-spine
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- intramyocardial — Into or within the myocardium.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.