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14-letter words containing l, y, o, n, a

  • contracyclical — (of a policy) stabilizing the economy through countering major fluctuations, such as recessions or booms
  • contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
  • contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
  • conventionally — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
  • countably many — countable
  • crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
  • cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
  • cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
  • crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
  • crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
  • cyanoacetylene — a nitrile compound known to exist in interstellar clouds
  • cyanocobalamin — a complex red crystalline compound, containing cyanide and cobalt and occurring in liver: lack of it in the tissues leads to pernicious anaemia. Formula: C63H88O14N14PCo
  • cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
  • cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
  • cyclobarbitone — a barbiturate derivative drug used as a sedative and hypnotic
  • cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
  • cyclone cellar — (in the US) a cellar designed to give protection from violent storms and cyclones
  • cyclooxygenase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins; their inhibition is the mode of action of aspirin and ibuprofen.
  • cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
  • daddy longlegs — A daddy longlegs is a flying insect with very long legs.
  • daddy-longlegs — Also called harvestman. any of numerous spiderlike arachnids of the order Opiliones, having a compact rounded body and extremely long, slender legs.
  • daffadowndilly — a daffodil
  • definitionally — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
  • delayed action — A delayed action mechanism causes a delay on the device it is fitted to, so that it does not work as soon as you switch it on or operate it.
  • delayed-action — (of an explosive projectile) exploding some time after hitting the target.
  • demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner
  • derivationally — In a derivational manner.
  • diachronically — in a diachronic fashion
  • diagnosability — the quality of being diagnosable
  • diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • dictionary apl — Sharp APL
  • dimensionality — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
  • directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • disappointedly — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • disconsolately — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
  • discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
  • discretionally — At one's discretion.
  • disillusionary — of or relating to disillusion
  • dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
  • display window — shop window displaying goods
  • dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
  • dorsoventrally — In a dorsoventral manner.
  • downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
  • drowned valley — a valley that, having been flooded by the sea, now exists as a bay or estuary.
  • dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
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