14-letter words containing l, o, u, d
- ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
- ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
- groundlessness — The state or condition of being groundless.
- groundsel tree — a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America.
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
- house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- household gods — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
- household name — a person or thing that is very well known
- household soap — a substance that you use with water for washing clothes, removing stains, cleaning floors, etc
- household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydrosulfurous — hyposulfurous.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hydroxyl group — the univalent group –OH, as in inorganic compounds, such as sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or as in organic compounds, such as ethyl alcohol, C 2 H 6 O.
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
- induction coil — a transformer for producing high-voltage alternating current from a low-voltage direct current, consisting essentially of two concentric coils with a common soft-iron core, a primary coil with relatively few windings of heavy wire, and a secondary coil with many turns of fine wire. Excitation of the primary coil by rapidly interrupted or variable current induces high voltage in the secondary coil.
- introductorily — By way of introduction.
- iridopupillary — pertaining to the iris and the pupil.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- landing ground — airfield
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- libidinousness — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession