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16-letter words containing a, d, o, l, e

  • division algebra — a linear algebra in which each element of the vector space has a multiplicative inverse.
  • do like a dinner — to do for, overpower, or outdo
  • documentary film — factual, informative film
  • dodecyl aldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
  • dolce far niente — pleasing inactivity.
  • dolichocephalism — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • domain selection — (systems analysis)   The prioritisation and selection of one or more domains for which specific software reuse engineering projects are to be initiated.
  • domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
  • domiciliary care — services, such as meals-on-wheels, health visiting, and home help, provided by a welfare agency for people in their own homes
  • dominical letter — any one of the letters from A to G used in church calendars to mark the Sundays throughout any particular year, serving primarily to aid in determining the date of Easter.
  • dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • double occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as in a hotel, for two persons sharing the same room: The rate is $35 per person, double occupancy, or $65, single occupancy.
  • double pneumonia — pneumonia affecting both lungs.
  • double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
  • double-barrelled — A double-barrelled gun has two barrels.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • down at the heel — with the heels of one's shoes in need of repair
  • down memory lane — If you say that someone is taking a walk or trip down memory lane, you mean that they are talking, writing, or thinking about something that happened to them a long time ago.
  • down one's alley — a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
  • draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
  • drop a bombshell — If someone drops a bombshell, they give you a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • editorialization — The act of editorializing, or something editorialized.
  • edsel ford range — a mountain range in Antarctica, E of the Ross Sea.
  • educational park — a group of elementary and high schools, usually clustered in a parklike setting and having certain facilities shared by all grades, that often accommodates students from a large area.
  • elected official — person voted into office
  • electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
  • encyclopedically — In an encyclopedic way; in the manner of an encyclopedia.
  • endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
  • entente cordiale — a friendly understanding between political powers: less formal than an alliance
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
  • external auditor — sb brought in to check financial records
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • false beechdrops — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
  • false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two-lipped, pink or white flowers.
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • feedback control — (electronics)   A control system which monitors its effect on the system it is controlling and modifies its output accordingly. For example, a thermostat has two inputs: the desired temperature and the current temperature (the latter is the feedback). The output of the thermostat changes so as to try to equalise the two inputs. Computer disk drives use feedback control to position the read/write heads accurately on a recording track. Complex systems such as the human body contain many feedback systems that interact with each other; the homeostasis mechanisms that control body temperature and acidity are good examples.
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • feel-good factor — When journalists refer to the feel-good factor, they mean that people are feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future.
  • feme-sole trader — a married woman who is entitled to carry on business on her own account and responsibility, independently of her husband.
  • firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
  • flamborough head — a chalk promontory in NE England, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire
  • flat-bed plotter — a mechanized drafting device, usually computer driven, incorporating a moving pen whose horizontal and vertical range in two dimensions is limited only by the size of the bed of the device.
  • flatheaded borer — the larva of a metallic wood-boring beetle, having an expanded and flattened anterior end.
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
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