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14-letter words containing p, o, l, y, d

  • lending policy — a set of guidelines and criteria developed by a bank and used by its employees to determine whether an applicant for a loan should be granted or refused the loan
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
  • limited policy — a policy that covers only certain types of losses within an area of risks.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • london company — a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.
  • lopez de ayala — Pedro [pe-th raw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1332–1407, Spanish writer and statesman.
  • lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
  • lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
  • medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
  • myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • palaeopedology — the study of ancient soils
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
  • penalty double — business double.
  • periodontology — periodontics.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • police academy — a school for training police officers
  • police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
  • polyvinylidene — pertaining to or derived from a polymer of a vinylidene compound.
  • potato psyllid — a tiny homopterous insect, Paratrioza cockerelli, occurring in some areas of the western U.S., western Canada, and Mexico: a serious pest to potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, the nymphs acting as vectors in the transmission of psyllid yellows.
  • powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
  • preconcertedly — in a preconcerted or preplanned manner
  • preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
  • productibility — the ability to produce
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
  • public holiday — national day off work
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
  • the unemployed — people who are out of work
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
  • window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window
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