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15-letter words containing a, d, m, n, c, e

  • coromandel work — lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color.
  • cottonseed meal — the residue of cottonseed kernels from which oil has been extracted, used as fodder or fertilizer
  • countermandable — able to be countermanded
  • criminal damage — intentionally damaging property that belongs to someone else, including public property
  • criminal record — a list of a person's criminal convictions
  • decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
  • deck department — the part of a ship's crew, from the captain down, concerned with running the ship but not with heavy machinery or catering
  • decommunization — the act or process of decommunizing
  • decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
  • decontaminating — Present participle of decontaminate.
  • decontamination — to make (an object or area) safe for unprotected personnel by removing, neutralizing, or destroying any harmful substance, as radioactive material or poisonous gas.
  • decriminalising — Present participle of decriminalise.
  • decriminalizing — (rare) present participle of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
  • delmonico steak — club steak
  • demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
  • democratisation — Alternative spelling of democratization.
  • democratization — The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
  • demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
  • demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
  • demythification — the act of demythifying
  • deus ex machina — (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot
  • dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
  • discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
  • disentrancement — the act of setting free from a trance
  • 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).
  • document reader — a device that reads and inputs into a computer marks and characters on a special form, as by optical or magnetic character recognition
  • documentational — the use of documentary evidence.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
  • electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
  • endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
  • endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
  • eric s. raymond — (person)   One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
  • errand of mercy — a trip undertaken to help someone who is in trouble
  • field ambulance — a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
  • fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
  • fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
  • formation dance — any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
  • glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
  • glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
  • guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
  • herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
  • homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
  • horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
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