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14-letter words containing r, o, m, a, n, d

  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
  • homeward bound — going home
  • hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • immoderateness — The quality of being immoderate, lack of moderation or temperance.
  • impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
  • imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
  • indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • intermediation — the act of intermediating.
  • intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
  • intraabdominal — Within the cavity of the abdomen.
  • inverted comma — quotation mark.
  • jonker diamond — a noted diamond weighing 726 carats, discovered in the Transvaal in 1934 and cut into 12 pieces.
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
  • load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
  • maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
  • main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
  • malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
  • malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
  • managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
  • 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.
  • mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
  • manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
  • mansard (roof) — a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • matara diamond — a zircon heat-treated to render it colorless: not a true diamond.
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
  • medial moraine — a ridge of glacial drift formed by the junction of two converging valley glaciers.
  • michael jordanBarbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
  • microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
  • mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
  • modern persian — the Persian language since the Middle Persian stage.
  • modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
  • modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
  • monoprionidian — having cells or sacs only on one half of the axis
  • monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
  • mont-de-marsan — a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
  • morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
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