16-letter words containing a, d
- dual nationality — dual citizenship (def 1).
- dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
- dual-nationality — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
- dublin bay prawn — a large prawn usually used in a dish of scampi
- duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
- ducks and drakes — Also, duck and drake. a pastime in which flat stones or shells are thrown across water so as to skip over the surface several times before sinking.
- ducktail-haircut — DA.
- dunderheadedness — Stupidity.
- duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
- duplex apartment — an apartment with rooms on two connected floors.
- duplicate bridge — a form of contract bridge used in tournaments in which contestants play the identical series of deals, with each deal being scored independently, permitting individual scores to be compared.
- dutch guinea pig — a breed of two-tone short-haired guinea pig
- dutch new guinea — a former name of Irian Jaya.
- dynamic analysis — (programming) Evaluation of a program based on its execution. Dynamic analysis relies on executing a piece of software with selected test data.
- dynamic language — (language) (Dylan) A simple object-oriented Lisp dialect, most closely resembling CLOS and Scheme, developed by Advanced Technology Group East at Apple Computer. See also Marlais.
- dynamic markings — directions and symbols used to indicate degrees of loudness
- dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
- dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
- earnings-related — An earnings-related payment or benefit provides higher or lower payments according to the amount a person was earning while working.
- earthly paradise — Bible: Garden of Eden
- eastern kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
- eastern orthodox — of or relating to the Orthodox Church.
- eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
- echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
- echocardiography — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
- ectoparasiticide — Any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.
- 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.
- edward the elder — died 924 ad, king of England (899–924), son of Alfred the Great
- elected official — person voted into office
- electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
- elevated railway — an urban railway track built on supports above a road
- ellesmere island — a Canadian island in the Arctic Ocean: part of Nunavut; mountainous, with many glaciers. Area: 212 688 sq km (82 119 sq miles)
- embarkation card — an official document that allows travellers to leave a country by boarding a ship or plane
- embroidery frame — a frame in the form of a pair of (usually circular) rings, designed to keep the fabric taut while an embroiderer works on it
- encyclopedically — In an encyclopedic way; in the manner of an encyclopedia.
- endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
- endocannabinoids — Plural form of endocannabinoid.
- 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
- english canadian — a Canadian citizen whose first language is English, esp one of English descent
- enriched uranium — uranium in which the proportion of the fissile isotope U-235 has been increased to make it more fissile
- entente cordiale — a friendly understanding between political powers: less formal than an alliance
- ethernet address — (networking) (Or "MAC address") The physical address identifying an individual Ethernet controller board. An Ethernet addess is a 48-bit number aabbccddeeff where a-f are hexadecimal digits. The first 24 bits, aabbcc, identify the manufacturer of the controller. The Ethernet address is hard-wired on some controllers, stored in a ROM on some, and others allow it to be changed from software. It is usually written as six hexadecimal numbers, e.g. 08:00:20:03:72:DC. See also ARP, Internet address.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- ex-dividend date — The ex-dividend date is the date after the declaration of a dividend on which the buyer of a stock is not entitled to receive the next dividend payment.
- exchange student — sb who studies abroad
- exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
- exhumation order — a legal instruction to exhume a body
- extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section