15-letter words containing d, a, y, l, o
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
- diglycolic acid — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 6 O 5 , used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
- dilatory motion — a formal proposal to be discussed and voted on in a debate whose effect is to interrupt the business under discussion at the time
- disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- disinflationary — (economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
- dispassionately — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
- dispositionally — In a dispositional manner.
- dodecasyllables — Plural form of dodecasyllable.
- domain analysis — (systems analysis) 1. Determining the operations, data objects, properties and abstractions appropriate for designing solutions to problems in a given domain. 2. The domain engineering activity in which domain knowledge is studied and formalised as a domain definition and a domain specification. A software reuse approach that involves combining software components, subsystems, etc., into a single application system. 3. The process of identifying, collecting organising, analysing and representing a domain model and software architecture from the study of existing systems, underlying theory, emerging technology and development histories within the domain of interest. 4. The analysis of systems within a domain to discover commonalities and differences among them.
- dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
- dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- double jeopardy — the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished.
- dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- early admission — a plan for admission to colleges in the US, in which students apply to colleges earlier in the year than is customary and receive their results earlier too
- electrodialyses — Plural form of electrodialysis.
- electrodialysis — Dialysis in which the movement of ions is aided by an electric field applied across the semipermeable membrane.
- electrodialytic — Relating to electrodialysis.
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- eleutherodactyl — (of a bird) having the hind toe free
- encyclopaedical — Of or pertaining to encyclopaediae.
- endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- extraordinarily — In an extraordinary manner.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
- federal holiday — a day which is a national holiday at the behest of the Federal Government
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- general holiday — a public holiday
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- grand old party — G.O.P.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexahydrothymol — menthol.
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
- holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
- holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- holiday traffic — increased road traffic during holiday periods and public holidays
- holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc