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15-letter words containing d, a, s, h, t, i

  • echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
  • edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
  • fast-food chain — a chain of restaurants serving fast food
  • featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
  • flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
  • go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • great sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 1).
  • great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
  • has had its day — If you say that something has had its day, you mean that the period during which it was most successful or popular has now passed.
  • have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
  • have words with — to argue angrily with
  • hereditarianism — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
  • hereditarianist — a person who believes in the doctrine of hereditarianism
  • hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
  • heteroscedastic — (of several distributions) having different variances
  • holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
  • horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
  • hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
  • hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
  • hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
  • hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
  • impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
  • in the hands of — under the control of
  • in the old days — a long time ago
  • inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
  • ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • kindheartedness — The quality of being kindhearted.
  • labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
  • light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
  • lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
  • madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
  • nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
  • north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
  • old-established — established for a long time
  • one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
  • outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • packet-switched — packet switching
  • photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
  • point-and-shoot — of or denoting a camera that does not require manual adjustment of shutter speed, focus, aperture, etc.
  • pre-established — to establish beforehand.
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