14-letter words containing n, e, r, d, y
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- french academy — an association of 40 scholars and men and women of letters, established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu and devoted chiefly to preserving the purity of the French language and establishing standards of proper usage.
- frequency band — band2 (def 9).
- friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
- garden-variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
- gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
- governing body — board, regulatory authority
- grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
- heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
- heavy hydrogen — either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
- hither and yon — Hither and thither means in many different directions or places, and in a disorganized way. In American English, the expression hither and yon is sometimes used.
- honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydronephrosis — dilation of the branches and pelvic cavity of the kidney, caused by an accumulation of urine resulting from obstruction of normal outflow.
- hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hydroxybenzene — phenol (def 1).
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- hydroxyproline — a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.
- hyperextending — Present participle of hyperextend.
- hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hyperpigmented — Afflicted with hyperpigmentation.
- hyperthreading — (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
- idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
- in holy orders — ordained
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- indeliberately — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indeterminably — In an indeterminable manner.
- induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
- integrated day — teaching that is organized around themes, rather than separate subjects
- interarytenoid — pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.