14-letter words containing s, e, a, i, d
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- inside passage — protected sea route along the W coast of North America, from Seattle, Wash., to the N part of the Alas. panhandle: the route uses channels and straits between islands and the mainland: c. 950 mi (1,529 km) long
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- intermediaries — Plural form of intermediary.
- invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- isabela island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, off the W coast of South America: the largest of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. 2250 sq. mi. (5827 sq. km).
- isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- 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.
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- jeff davis pie — a custard pie baked in a pastry shell and containing spices, raisins, pecans, etc.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kidney disease — medical condition affecting the kidneys
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
- lady's-thistle — a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
- maiden's-tears — bladder campion.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
- medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mental disease — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- merritt island — a town in E Florida.