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15-letter words containing d, a, t, c

  • ascribed status — the social position assigned to a person on the basis of kinship, ethnic group, sex, etc.
  • assured tenancy — an agreement between a government-approved body such as a housing association and a tenant for occupation of a newly-built house or flat at an agreed market rent, under which the tenant has security of tenure
  • astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
  • atlantic ridley — ridley (def 1).
  • atlantic-ridley — ridley (def 1).
  • audience rating — a figure based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
  • audubon society — a North American organization devoted to the conservancy of birds
  • autodestructive — likely to cause one's own destruction
  • autodidacticism — any self-directed learning or self-education
  • automatic drive — an automotive transmission requiring either very little or no manual shifting of gears.
  • autoschediastic — offhand, with little forethought or preparation
  • backseat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • badminton court — the court on which games of badminton are played
  • bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
  • bait-and-switch — denoting a deceptive method of selling, by which customers, attracted to a store by sale items, are told either that the advertised bargain item is out of stock or is inferior to a higher-priced item that is available.
  • balanced ticket — a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.
  • banking product — one of the various services offered by a bank to its customers: mortgages, loans, insurance etc
  • barbituric acid — a white crystalline solid used in the preparation of barbiturate drugs. Formula: C4H4N2O3
  • barefoot doctor — (esp in developing countries) a worker trained as a medical auxiliary in a rural area who dispenses medicine, gives first aid, assists at childbirth, etc
  • basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • basic education — (in India) education in which all teaching is correlated with the learning of a craft
  • basidiomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
  • belt-and-braces — providing double security, in case one security measure should fail
  • benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors
  • bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
  • birch partridge — ruffed grouse
  • bits and pieces — You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.
  • black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
  • black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
  • blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
  • blue cattle dog — an Australian breed of dog with a bluish coat, developed for herding cattle
  • board-certified — A doctor who is board-certified has passed tests and meets the standards of a board of specialists in their area of medicine.
  • breeder reactor — a type of nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable material than it consumes
  • broadcast storm — (networking)   A broadcast on a network that causes multiple hosts to respond by broadcasting themselves, causing the storm to grow exponentially in severity. See network meltdown.
  • cabin attendant — flight attendant.
  • cabinet pudding — a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit
  • cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
  • cadmium sulfate — a water-soluble compound, CdSO 4 , of colorless crystals, used as an antiseptic.
  • calcined baryta — baryta (def 1).
  • calcined-baryta — Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
  • calculated risk — a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
  • caldecott award — an annual award in the U.S. for an outstanding illustrated juvenile book.
  • calendarization — the process of calendarizing
  • calf diphtheria — a disease of the throat in young calves caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, resulting in breathing difficulty and a painful cough
  • calydonian hunt — the pursuit by Meleager, Atalanta, and others of a savage boar (Calydonian boar) sent by Artemis to lay waste to Calydon.
  • camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
  • canadianization — to make Canadian in character.
  • carbazotic acid — picric acid.
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