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15-letter words containing a, n, o, d, e, s

  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
  • identifications — Plural form of identification.
  • immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
  • in the hands of — under the control of
  • in the old days — a long time ago
  • in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
  • inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
  • inconsideration — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
  • indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
  • indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
  • indoor baseball — softball played indoors.
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
  • johne's disease — a chronic diarrheal disease of cattle and sheep caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, an organism related to the tubercle bacillus.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • keep one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • keynote address — a speech, as at a political convention, that presents important issues, principles, policies, etc.
  • knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
  • ladrone islands — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
  • lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
  • land of promise — Promised Land.
  • lazaro cardenas — Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
  • leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • lesser dionysia — (in ancient Attica) the wine feasts, processions, and dramatic performances composing one of the festivals honoring Dionysus, held in the middle of December.
  • levant wormseed — the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
  • line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
  • loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
  • lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
  • lose one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
  • louis d'orleans — Louis Philippe Joseph [lwee fee-leep zhaw-zef] /lwi fiˈlip ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), Duc (Philippe Égalité) 1747–93, French political leader.
  • madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
  • magnesium oxide — magnesia.
  • maid of orléans — Saint ("the Maid of Orléans") 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.
  • make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • manganese oxide — a type of metallic oxide used to colour glass purple
  • marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
  • marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
  • marsh andromeda — a low-growing pink-flowered ericaceous evergreen shrub, Andromeda polifolia, that grows in peaty bogs of northern regions
  • means to an end — method of achieving sth
  • mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
  • mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
  • miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
  • mole salamander — ambystomid.
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