15-letter words containing a, r, c, d, y
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
- hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
- hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
- hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- hypochlorhydria — (pathology) The presence of an insufficient amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypochondriasis — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indy car racing — a US form of professional motor racing around banked oval tracks
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- intramyocardial — Into or within the myocardium.
- kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
- kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
- lambda-c baryon — a positively charged baryon with a mean lifetime of approximately 2.1 X 10 -13 seconds.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- lauric aldehyde — a colorless, extremely alcohol-soluble liquid having a strong floral odor, C 12 H 24 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- leyland cypress — a fast-growing cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, that is a hybrid produced by crossing the macrocarpa with the Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): widely grown for hedging
- literary device — technique used in writing
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- medullary canal — the central area of a bone, containing marrow
- michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- non-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- ordinary income — taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- palindromically — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- paracetaldehyde — paraldehyde.
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca