14-letter words containing d
- airman's medal — a U.S. Air Force award for heroism, not involving combat, available to any member of the U.S. or friendly armed forces serving with the USAF.
- aladdin's cave — a place containing fabulous riches
- albrecht durer — Albrecht [ahl-brekht] /ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.
- album-oriented — of or designating a format featuring rock songs from LPs and CDs rather than singles, especially mainstream rock music.
- albury-wodonga — a town in SE Australia, in S central New South Wales, on the Murray River: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 69 880 (2001)
- aldus manutius — 1450–1515, Italian printer, noted for his fine editions of the classics. He introduced italic type
- alexander city — a city in E Alabama.
- alexander viii — (Pietro Ottoboni) 1610–91, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1689–91.
- alfred t mahan — Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- alfred wegener — Alfred Lothar [ahl-freyt loh-tahr,, loh-tahr] /ˈɑl freɪt ˈloʊ tɑr,, loʊˈtɑr/ (Show IPA), 1880–1930, German meteorologist and geophysicist: originated theory of continental drift.
- alive and well — If you say that someone or something is alive and well, you are emphasizing that they continue to survive.
- all and sundry — All and sundry means everyone.
- all fools' day — April Fools' Day
- all souls' day — a day of prayer (Nov 2) for the dead in purgatory
- all year round — If something happens all year round, it happens throughout the year.
- all-metal body — a body composed only of metal, esp for a vehicle, camera, or gun
- allopolyploidy — the state of having two or more sets of chromosomes derived from parents of different species or widely differing strains
- allotetraploid — a hybrid cell or individual possessing four times the chromosomes in a haploid organism
- allyl chloride — a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, C 3 H 5 Cl, having a pungent odor, derived from propylene by chlorination: used chiefly in the synthesis of allyl alcohol, resins, and pharmaceuticals.
- allyl sulphide — a colourless liquid that smells like garlic and is used as a flavouring. Formula: (CH2:CHCH2)2S; relative density: 0.888; boiling pt: 139°C
- almond essence — a concentrated liquid obtained from almonds, used in cooking and baking
- almond extract — oil, essence
- altitudinarian — relating to high ideals
- aluminohydride — (inorganic compound) The univalent anion, AlH4-, present in such compounds as lithium aluminium hydride.
- aluminum oxide — alumina
- alveolar ridge — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
- amadis of gaul — the title character of a medieval prose romance in Spanish
- ambassadorship — a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative (ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary)
- ambidextrously — In an ambidextrous manner.
- american dream — the U.S. ideal according to which equality of opportunity permits any American to aspire to high attainment and material success
- aminoglycoside — of or relating to amino sugars in glycosidic linkage.
- aminopeptidase — an enzyme produced by the glands of the small intestine
- amniotic fluid — the fluid surrounding the fetus in the womb
- amusement ride — a device at a fair, theme park, etc that people can ride in
- amygdalic acid — any of three stereoisomeric acids having the formula C 8 H 8 O 3 , especially dl-mandelic acid, a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid obtainable from amygdalin: used chiefly in medicine as an antiseptic.
- anacardiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Anacardiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees and shrubs many of which have edible drupes. The family includes the cashew, mango, pistachio, and sumach
- anagrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize.
- analyzed rhyme — the use of assonance and consonance in a complex pattern at the ends of alternate lines of a quatrain, as in head, mat, met, had.
- anchorage dues — money paid so that a ship can anchor somewhere
- ancient wisdom — pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs
- and everything — You say 'and everything' after mentioning a particular thing or list of things to indicate that they are only examples and that other things are also involved.
- and no mistake — certainly
- and/or whatnot — People sometimes say 'and whatnot' or 'or whatnot' after mentioning one or more things, to refer in a vague way to other things which are similar.
- andhra pradesh — a state of SE India, on the Bay of Bengal: formed in 1953 from parts of Tamil Nadu (then called Madras) and Hyderabad states. Capital: Hyderabad. Pop: 75 727 541 (2001). Area: about 275 068 sq km (106 204 sq miles)
- andorra-prolog — (language)
- andrew jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
- andrew johnson — Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
- andrew project — (project) A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at Carnegie Mellon University, named after Andrew Carnegie, an American philanthropist who provided money to establish CMU. See also Andrew File System, Andrew Message System, Andrew Toolkit, class.
- andrew toolkit — (tool) (ATK) A portable user interface toolkit developed as part of the Andrew project, running on the X Window System and distributed with X11R5.
- androcephalous — having a human head