14-letter words containing y, a, r, d
- hydrothermally — By hydrothermal means.
- hydroxyapatite — a mineral, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 OH 2 , that is the principal storage form of calcium and phosphorus in bone.
- hyperlipidemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hyperthreading — (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
- idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- indeliberately — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- 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
- iridopupillary — pertaining to the iris and the pupil.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- juxtamedullary — (anatomy) next to the edge of the medulla (of the kidney).
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- 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.
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- ladder polymer — a polymer, as DNA, consisting of double-stranded chains linked by hydrogen bonds or chemical bonds at regular intervals.
- 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-tresses — any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers.
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- 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.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- leland hayward — Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
- lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- lightheartedly — In a lighthearted manner, cheerfully, with joy.
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- madame darblay — Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
- madhya pradesh — a state in central India. 119,016 sq. mi. (308,252 sq. km). Capital: Bhopal.
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".