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14-letter words containing r, a, i, l

  • disrespectable — not respectable.
  • dissertational — Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
  • distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
  • diurnal circle — the apparent circle described by a heavenly body as a result of one rotation by the earth.
  • diurnal motion — the apparent daily motion, caused by the earth's rotation, of celestial bodies across the sky.
  • diverticulated — having diverticula
  • door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • dracunculiasis — a disease caused by infection with the Guinea worm
  • draggle-tailed — untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
  • dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
  • dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • driftless area — a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • e-mail address — electronic mail address
  • earless lizard — any of several slender iguanid lizards of the genus Holbrookia, of the western U.S. and Mexico, that have no external ear opening.
  • early american — (of furniture, buildings, utensils, etc.) built or made in the U.S. in the colonial period or somewhat later.
  • early check-in — An early check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in earlier than the normal time.
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
  • egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
  • electric chair — execution apparatus
  • electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
  • electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
  • electric razor — an electrically powered implement for shaving, having reciprocating or rotating blades behind a fine metal comb or pierced foil
  • electrocaloric — (physics) Describing the effect of an applied electric field on the temperature of some materials.
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • electrolytical — Dated form of electrolytic.
  • electronically — By means of electronics, or of electronic technology.
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • electrostatics — The study of stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
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