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15-letter words containing a, d, i, r

  • standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
  • storage disease — a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive storage in certain cells of normal metabolic intermediates, as fats, iron, and carbohydrates.
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
  • strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
  • street accident — a traffic accident
  • strike pay dirt — to achieve one's objective
  • studio portrait — a photograph of a person taken in a studio
  • subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
  • subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
  • sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
  • summer diarrhea — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
  • superindividual — greater than the individual
  • superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
  • surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
  • surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • swiss army code — (programming, humour)   Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
  • take for a ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
  • terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
  • the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
  • the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
  • the disappeared — people who have been arrested secretly or abuducted and presumably imprisoned or killed
  • the first-named — something that is specified or named first
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes would be prohibited in peacetime and allowed only by prescribed law during wartime.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
  • thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
  • thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
  • to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
  • to hit the road — If you hit the road, you set out on a journey.
  • to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
  • total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
  • track and field — athletics events
  • track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
  • trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
  • trading capital — the total amount of money available for buying assets
  • trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
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