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14-letter words containing o, l, d, s, t, n

  • holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
  • indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
  • isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
  • isolation ward — a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
  • labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
  • leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
  • lend itself to — to be adapted to, useful for, or open to
  • liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • llano estacado — a large plateau in the SW United States, in W Texas and SE New Mexico: cattle-grazing region. About 1000–5000 feet (300–1500 meters) above sea level.
  • lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
  • mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics)   (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
  • medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
  • monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
  • national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • nonclandestine — not clandestine or secret; open
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • nonresidential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
  • octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
  • odontoglossums — Plural form of odontoglossum.
  • old line state — Maryland (used as a nickname).
  • old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
  • orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • platonic solid — one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron.
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
  • postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
  • postnasal drip — a trickling of mucus onto the pharyngeal surface from the posterior portion of the nasal cavity, usually caused by a cold or allergy.
  • postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
  • pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
  • pull-down list — (operating system)   (Or "drop-down list") A graphical user interface component that allows the user to choose one (or sometimes more than one) item from a list. The current choice is visible in a small rectangle and when the user clicks on it, a list of items is revealed below it. The user can then click on one of these to make it the current choice and the list disappears. In some cases, by holding down a modifier key such as Ctrl when clicking, the selection is added to (or removed from) the set of current choices rather than replacing it.
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
  • reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
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