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15-letter words containing r, a, d, i, l, y

  • idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
  • imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
  • inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
  • indeterminately — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
  • indian mulberry — a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes.
  • ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
  • infrared galaxy — a galaxy that radiates strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • intramyocardial — Into or within the myocardium.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • it's early days — If you say about something that might be true that it is early days, you mean that it is too soon for you to be completely sure about it.
  • kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
  • keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
  • labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
  • ladies' gallery — a gallery in the old House of Commons set aside for women spectators
  • lady's-earrings — any of several plants having pendent flowers thought to resemble earrings, as the jewelweed or the fuchsia.
  • ladybird beetle — ladybug.
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • laundry service — clothes-washing business
  • lauric aldehyde — a colorless, extremely alcohol-soluble liquid having a strong floral odor, C 12 H 24 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
  • leadwort family — the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • lending library — Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.
  • leonid andreyev — Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
  • lesser dionysia — (in ancient Attica) the wine feasts, processions, and dramatic performances composing one of the festivals honoring Dionysus, held in the middle of December.
  • library binding — a tough, durable cloth binding for books. Compare edition binding.
  • library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
  • liquidity ratio — the ratio of those assets that can easily be exchanged for money to the total assets of a bank or other financial institution
  • literary device — technique used in writing
  • literary editor — someone who edits literature and books
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
  • majority leader — the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
  • marie byrd land — former name of Byrd Land.
  • master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
  • modal auxiliary — Grammar. any of the group of English auxiliary verbs, including can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must, that are used with the base form of another verb to express distinctions of mood.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
  • neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
  • orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
  • palindromically — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
  • perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
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