14-letter words containing end
- front-end load — the sales commission and other fees taken out of the first year's payment under a contractual plan for purchasing shares of a mutual fund (front-end load fund) over a period of years.
- gender studies — subject: male and female roles
- gender-bending — Informal. one, as a cross-dresser, that blurs differences between the sexes.
- gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
- gender-variant — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression does not conform to socially defined male or female gender norms: Don't call him a sissy; he's just a teenager with gender-variant behavior. Are metrosexuals part of the gender-variant community?
- genderlessness — The state or condition of being genderless; lack of gender.
- heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
- hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
- hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
- horrendousness — the state or condition of being horrendous or dreadful
- hyperextending — Present participle of hyperextend.
- independencies — Plural form of independency.
- independent of — without the support of
- interdependent — mutually dependent; depending on each other.
- interdepending — Present participle of interdepend.
- kendal (green) — a coarse, green woolen cloth
- lavender water — a pale bluish purple.
- lend itself to — to be adapted to, useful for, or open to
- lend-lease act — the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress (Lend-Lease Act) passed in 1941: such aid was to be repaid in kind after the war.
- lending policy — a set of guidelines and criteria developed by a bank and used by its employees to determine whether an applicant for a loan should be granted or refused the loan
- lepidodendroid — resembling or relating to plants of the extinct genus Lepidodendron, which were prolific during the Carboniferous period
- lift attendant — a person who operates a lift, esp in large public or commercial buildings and hotels
- make an end of — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- make ends meet — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- misapprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend.
- mount demavend — a volcanic peak in N Iran, in the Elburz Mountains. Height: 5671 m (18 606 ft)
- natural gender — gender based on the sex or, for neuter, the lack of sex of the referent of a noun, as English girl (feminine) is referred to by the feminine pronoun she, boy (masculine) by the masculine pronoun he, and table (neuter) by the neuter pronoun it.
- neuroendocrine — of or relating to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, especially in relation to hormones.
- non-dependence — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- on bended knee — kneeling on one leg
- overdependence — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- payday lending — the practice of offering short-term loans at high rates of interest, on the agreement that the borrower will pay back the loan when he or she next receives a wage or salary
- peace dividend — money cut by a government from its defense budget as a result of the cessation of hostilities with other countries.
- pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
- pool attendant — a person who keeps watch at a swimming pool, and rescues anyone in danger of drowning
- pump attendant — a person who works in a garage or petrol station and who fills customers' cars with petrol
- recommendation — an act of recommending.
- recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
- right reverend — an official form of address for abbots, abbesses, Anglican bishops, and other prelates.
- roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
- round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- scrip dividend — a dividend issued in the form of a note entitling the holder to a cash payment at a specified later date.
- self-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- self-surrender — the surrender or yielding up of oneself, one's will, affections, etc., as to another person, an influence, or a cause.
- semi-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- send a message — to convey or communicate one's feelings, desires, etc. in a subtle or indirect manner