15-letter words containing c, i, d, e, r, y
- microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- orderly officer — Military. officer of the day, as in the British army or, formerly, in the U.S. Army.
- ordinary income — taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- pre-delinquency — failure in or neglect of duty or obligation; dereliction; default: delinquency in payment of dues.
- psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
- pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- redial facility — a means of dialling a number again by pressing a button
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- security thread — a colored thread running through the paper of a piece of paper money, used to deter counterfeiting.
- semicylindrical — of, relating to, or having the shape of a semicylinder
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
- superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- vice-presidency — the position of a person who ranks immediately below the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US, and serves as his deputy
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.