14-letter words containing m, i, d, e, l
- displenishment — the act of displenishing
- dissimilitudes — Plural form of dissimilitude.
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- 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.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
- dyalog limited — (company) The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
- e-mail address — electronic mail address
- economic model — model (def 10).
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
- ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
- euclidean norm — (mathematics) The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
- extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
- feeblemindedly — Alt form feeble-mindedly.
- field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
- field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- final judgment — judgment (def 8).
- finite decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
- fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
- glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
- glycemic index — a system that ranks foods by the speeds at which their carbohydrates are converted into glucose in the body; a measure of the effects of foods on blood-sugar levels.
- gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
- good-time girl — a young woman whose chief concern is seeking pleasure and having fun
- guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
- heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
- highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
- hopfield model — Hopfield network
- hyperlipidemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hyperlipidemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- i'll be damned — Some people say 'I'll be damned!' when they are expressing surprise at something.