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20-letter words containing d, a, m, n, t

  • mum-and-dad investor — a small-scale non-professional investor
  • nemine contradicente — no one contradicting; unanimously.
  • new democratic party — the Canadian social democratic party formed in 1961
  • newcastle-under-lyme — a town in W central England, in Staffordshire. Pop: 74 427 (2001)
  • nineteenth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, guaranteeing women the right to vote.
  • nonrepeating decimal — a decimal representation of any irrational number, having the property that no sequence of digits is repeated ad infinitum.
  • notre dame mountains — a mountain range in E Quebec, Canada, an extension of the Green Mountains in Vermont and a portion of the Appalachian Mountains: about 500 miles (800 km) long, rising about 2000 feet (610 meters).
  • old man of the woods — an edible, mild-tasting mushroom, Strobilomyces floccopus, occurring in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America.
  • ophthalmodynamometer — a device for determining the nearest point of ocular convergence.
  • optical mark reading — the reading of marks by an optical device whereby the information can be stored in machine-readable form
  • paternal grandmother — the mother of someone's father
  • pentobarbital sodium — a barbiturate drug used in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic. Formula: C11H17N2O3Na
  • periodontal membrane — the collagenous, fibrous connective tissue between the cementum of the tooth and the alveolus.
  • personnel department — business: human resources
  • phenyldiethanolamine — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble substance, C 1 0 H 1 5 NO 2 , used in the manufacture of dyes and in organic synthesis.
  • predicate nominative — (in Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) a predicate noun or adjective in the nominative case.
  • presidential primary — a direct primary for the selection of state delegates to a national party convention and the expression of preference for a U.S. presidential nominee.
  • price discrimination — the practice of offering identical goods to different buyers at different prices, when the goods cost the same.
  • procedural agreement — regulations agreed between the parties to collective bargaining, defining the bargaining units, bargaining scope, procedures for collective bargaining, and the facilities to be provided to trade union representatives
  • production agreement — a contract concerning the production or manufacture of something
  • proprietary medicine — a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name
  • pseudoparenchymatous — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
  • public administrator — an official of a city, county, or state government.
  • quantum bogodynamics — /kwon'tm boh"goh-di:-nam"iks/ A theory that characterises the universe in terms of bogon sources (such as politicians, used-car salesmen, TV evangelists, and suits in general), bogon sinks (such as taxpayers and computers), and bogosity potential fields. Bogon absorption causes human beings to behave mindlessly and machines to fail (and may also cause both to emit secondary bogons); however, the precise mechanics of bogon-computron interaction are not yet understood. Quantum bogodynamics is most often invoked to explain the sharp increase in hardware and software failures in the presence of suits; the latter emit bogons, which the former absorb.
  • quantum field theory — any theory in which fields are treated by the methods of quantum mechanics; each field can then be regarded as consisting of particles of a particular kind, which may be created and annihilated.
  • radio interferometer — any of several different types of instrumentation designed to observe interference patterns of electromagnetic radiation at radio wavelengths: used in the discovery and measurement of radio sources in the atmosphere.
  • rapid transit system — a rail or other system providing rapid public transport
  • recommended standard — (standard)   (RS) A series of EIA standards including EIA-232.
  • red-carpet treatment — deferential treatment accorded to a person of importance
  • redundancy agreement — an agreement over the sum of money given by an employer to an employee who has been made redundant
  • regional development — aid-giving to poorer areas or countries
  • reminder advertising — a type of advertising designed to remind customers that an existing or well-known product is still available and for sale
  • return from the dead — (jargon)   To regain access to the net after a long absence. Compare person of no account.
  • saint mary magdalene — a woman of Magdala (ˈmæɡdələ ) in Galilee whom Jesus cured of evil spirits (Luke 8:2) and who is often identified with the sinful woman of Luke 7:36–50. In Christian tradition she is usually taken to have been a prostitute. Feast day: July 22
  • second law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
  • secure accommodation — an institution where young offenders are kept in custody
  • serra da mantiqueira — a mountain range in SE Brazil, running parallel to the coast. Highest point, 9140 feet (2785 meters).
  • societal development — the formation and transformation of social life, customs, institutions, etc.
  • sodium meta-arsenite — sodium arsenite.
  • someone's last stand — You can describe someone's final attempt to defend themselves before they are defeated as their last stand.
  • st.-germain-des-pres — an area in Paris, on the Left Bank.
  • stallman, richard m. — Richard Stallman
  • standard book number — International Standard Book Number. Abbreviation: SBN.
  • standstill agreement — law: between company and bidder
  • subpoena duces tecum — a writ directing a person to appear in court and to bring some document described in the writ.
  • summary jurisdiction — the right a court has to adjudicate immediately upon some matter arising during its proceedings
  • sunday-go-to-meeting — most presentable; best: Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
  • swan's neck pediment — a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S -curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the scrolls.
  • tactical air command — a U.S. Air Force command supplying direct air support to U.S. Army ground combat units.
  • telesales department — the department of a company that deals with telesales
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