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14-letter words containing o, l, d, e, n

  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double wedding — a wedding in which two couples marry
  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • double-dipping — the act or practice of receiving more than one income or collecting double benefits from the same employer or organization.
  • double-jointed — (of particular people or animals) having unusually flexible joints that can bend in unusual ways or to abnormally great extent.
  • double-tongued — deceitful; hypocritical.
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • dovetail joint — A dovetail or a dovetail joint is a joint used for fitting two pieces of wood tightly together.
  • dovetail plane — a plane for cutting tongues and grooves with parallel or inclined sides.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • 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.
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • 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.
  • duodenal ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • eau de cologne — cologne.
  • economic model — model (def 10).
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • electrogilding — electroplating using gold
  • 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.
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
  • enclosed order — a Christian religious order that does not permit its members to go into the outside world
  • encyclopaediae — Irregular plural form of encyclopaedia.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedical — (American spelling) alternative spelling of encyclopaedical.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • endodontically — according to the practice of endodontics
  • endopolyploidy — The replication of chromosomes without the division of the cell nucleus; generates a polyploid nucleus.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • 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.
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • extended algol — (language)   An extension of ALGOL 60, used to write the ESPOL compiler on the Burroughs B5500, Burroughs B6500, and Burroughs B6700.
  • extension lead — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
  • faeroe islands — group of Danish islands in the N Atlantic, between Iceland & the Shetland Islands: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km); pop. 44,000
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