15-letter words containing a, d, l, i, t
- dissimilarities — Plural form of dissimilarity.
- distance medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards (402 meters), the second runs 880 yards (805 meters), the third runs 1320 yards (1207 meters), and the fourth runs 1760 yards (1609 meters).
- distastefulness — The state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.
- distilled water — water from which impurities, as dissolved salts and colloidal particles, have been removed by one or more processes of distillation; chemically pure water.
- distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distractibility — inability to sustain one's attention or attentiveness, which is rapidly diverted from one topic to another: a symptom of a variety of mental disorders, as manic disorder, schizophrenia, or anxiety states.
- distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
- dithyrambically — In dithyrambic fashion.
- doctoral thesis — a thesis written as part of a doctorate
- documentational — the use of documentary evidence.
- dolomite marble — coarse-grained dolomite.
- domestic animal — an animal, as the horse or cat, that has been tamed and kept by humans as a work animal, food source, or pet, especially a member of those species that have, through selective breeding, become notably different from their wild ancestors.
- dominical altar — a high altar.
- dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
- dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
- double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- dramaturgically — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- drilling jacket — A drilling jacket is a small steel platform used for drilling wells in shallow and calm water.
- dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- easter islander — a native or inhabitant of Easter Island
- eat like a bird — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- eau de toilette — toilet water.
- edriophthalmian — edriophthalmous
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- electrodialyses — Plural form of electrodialysis.
- electrodialysis — Dialysis in which the movement of ions is aided by an electric field applied across the semipermeable membrane.
- electrodialytic — Relating to electrodialysis.
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- ethylenediamine — A viscous liquid used in making detergents and emulsifying agents.
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
- extended family — relatives
- extrajudicially — Outside of the legal system.
- extraordinarily — In an extraordinary manner.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- faint-heartedly — nervously
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- field artillery — artillery mobile enough to accompany troops in the field.
- first world war — World War I.
- fit as a fiddle — a musical instrument of the viol family.
- fixed liability — a liability, as a mortgage or debenture, that will not mature for a relatively long time.
- fixed satellite — a satellite in a geostationary orbit
- flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
- floating island — a dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it.