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14-letter words containing y, a, r, d, i, n

  • indeterminably — In an indeterminable manner.
  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
  • induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
  • infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
  • integrated day — teaching that is organized around themes, rather than separate subjects
  • interarytenoid — pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
  • intermediately — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
  • intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
  • interrelatedly — in an interrelated manner
  • intracardially — in an intracardial manner
  • intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
  • kidney failure — loss of renal function
  • labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
  • liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
  • maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
  • morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
  • neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
  • non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • 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 share — British. a share of common stock.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • pin grid array — (hardware)   (PGA) A style of integrated circuit socket or pin-out with pins laid out on a square or rectangular grid with a separation of 0.1 inch in each direction. The pins near the centre of the array are often missing. PGA is often used on motherboards for processors, e.g. Socket 6 and Socket 8. PPGA is "plastic PGA" (as opposed to ceramic?). See also SPGA.
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • radiant energy — energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion.
  • radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • royal canadian — in the service of the Canadian federal government and the British monarch: Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • 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
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
  • sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
  • 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
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • 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.
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