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15-letter words containing c, o, d, i, r, e

  • frederick north — Christopher, pen name of John Wilson.
  • frederick soddy — Frederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel prize 1921.
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • friend at court — a friend in a position of influence or power who may advance one's interests, especially a helpful person who is close to someone in authority.
  • frigidoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by cold.
  • gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
  • gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
  • geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
  • geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
  • gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
  • goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
  • graph reduction — A technique invented by Chris Wadsworth where an expression is represented as a directed graph (usually drawn as an inverted tree). Each node represents a function call and its subtrees represent the arguments to that function. Subtrees are replaced by the expansion or value of the expression they represent. This is repeated until the tree has been reduced to a value with no more function calls (a normal form). In contrast to string reduction, graph reduction has the advantage that common subexpressions are represented as pointers to a single instance of the expression which is only reduced once. It is the most commonly used technique for implementing lazy evaluation.
  • gross indecency — sexual offence
  • hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
  • heart condition — cardiac disorder
  • heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
  • heteroscedastic — (of several distributions) having different variances
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
  • hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
  • hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
  • ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
  • ichthyodorylite — a fossilised fish-spine
  • ideographically — an ideogram.
  • in deference to — out of regard or respect for (a person or the person's position or wishes)
  • in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
  • incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
  • 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.
  • incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
  • indian licorice — rosary pea.
  • indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
  • indirect object — a word or group of words representing the person or thing with reference to which the action of a verb is performed, in English generally coming between the verb and the direct object and paraphrasable as the object of a preposition, usually to or for, following the direct object, as the boy in He gave the boy a book.
  • indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
  • infoword office — (tool)   A suite of applications for Unix including a word processor, spreadsheet and database.
  • intercorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
  • internucleotide — occurring or existing between nucleotides
  • interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
  • 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.
  • isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
  • job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • knickerbockered — wearing knickers.
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
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