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14-letter words containing t, o, a, d, y

  • macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
  • malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
  • man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
  • morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
  • morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • non-derogatory — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • norman dynasty — a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • ordinary point — Mathematics. a point in a domain in which a given function of a complex variable is analytic.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • penalty double — business double.
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • potato psyllid — a tiny homopterous insect, Paratrioza cockerelli, occurring in some areas of the western U.S., western Canada, and Mexico: a serious pest to potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, the nymphs acting as vectors in the transmission of psyllid yellows.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
  • road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
  • roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
  • royal standard — a flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she (or he) is present
  • sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
  • safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
  • st. john's day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
  • standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
  • statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
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