15-letter words containing a, d, i, p, s
- diaphototropism — growth of a plant or plant part in a direction transverse to that of the light
- diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
- dictation speed — a speed of speaking that enables someone to take down what is being said
- die standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- disappointments — Plural form of disappointment.
- disciplinarians — Plural form of disciplinarian.
- dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
- disincorporated — Simple past tense and past participle of disincorporate.
- dispassionately — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
- dispensableness — The quality of being dispensable.
- display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
- displeasingness — the state of being displeasing
- dispositionally — In a dispositional manner.
- disproportional — not in proportion; disproportionate.
- disreputability — The state of being disreputable.
- distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
- draughtsmanship — (British) alternative spelling of draftsmanship.
- dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
- dynamic scoping — dynamic scope
- dysmorphophobia — an obsessive fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so
- dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
- east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- enteropeptidase — Enterokinase.
- epsilon squared — (jargon) A quantity even smaller than epsilon, as small in comparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal; completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for a million dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal to go with it is epsilon, and the cost of the ten-dollar cable to connect them is epsilon squared. Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
- fool's paradise — a state of enjoyment based on false beliefs or hopes; a state of illusory happiness.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
- green sandpiper — a species of sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, with a greenish back and wings
- hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
- head-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypochondriasis — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- identity papers — law: legal documents
- impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
- in a (bad) spot — in a bad situation; in trouble
- independentista — (especially in Latin America) a person who supports or works toward political independence, especially one supporting radical changes in an existing government or from an existing system of government.
- indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
- indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
- industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.