14-letter words containing s, i, d, l, e, y
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
- faraday shield — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hobbledehoyish — of or like a hobbledehoy
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holiday season — period: November to January
- hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- idealistically — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- in holy orders — ordained
- incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
- 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.
- 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.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- modestly sized — moderately sized; not very large, but not small
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- 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
- polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
- 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.
- prepsychedelic — describing the period before the psychedelic era
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- sesquipedality — given to using long words.
- single density — a disk with the normal capacity for storage
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system