14-letter words containing m, o, r, d, e
- diamond geezer — a very nice or good man
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- diastereomeric — having the properties of or pertaining to a diastereoisomer
- diffeomorphism — a differentiable homeomorphism.
- diffractometer — an instrument that is used to study atomic crystal structure by measuring the angles at which x-rays, neutrons, or electrons are diffracted by matter.
- diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
- disaster movie — a film in which a disastrous event such as an earthquake, fire, air crash etc is the focus of the action
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconcertment — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
- do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- domain address — (networking) The name of a host on the Internet belonging to the hierarchy of Internet domains.
- domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
- domestic rates — a type of taxation system used to fund local government
- double bedroom — a large bedroom
- double drummer — a type of cicada
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- drop-down menu — pull-down menu
- drum majorette — a girl or woman who leads a marching band or drum corps.
- dutch reformed — of or relating to a Protestant denomination (Dutch Reformed Church) founded by Dutch settlers in New York in 1628 and renamed the Reformed Church in America in 1867.
- dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- electron model — (electronics) A model of semiconductor behaviour in which donors contribute the charge of an electron, and acceptors contribute a space for same, in effect contributing a fictional positive charge of similiar magnitude. Physicists use the electron model. Some language theorists consider language and the electron to be models in themselves. Contrast hole model.
- endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- 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.
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
- flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- forward market — future commodities trading
- founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- freedom riders — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
- garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.