15-letter words containing d, e, b, t, s
- ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
- lady's bedstraw — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, with clusters of small yellow flowers
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- lord it over sb — If someone lords it over you, they act in a way that shows that they think they are better than you, especially by giving lots of orders.
- medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
- monosubstituted — containing one substituent.
- neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
- night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- object database — a database format in which information is shown in the form of objects
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- old-established — established for a long time
- omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
- outside the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
- public-spirited — having or showing an unselfish interest in the public welfare: a public-spirited citizen.
- put sb to death — If someone is put to death, they are executed.
- redisbursements — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
- relational dbms — relational database
- rent-stabilized — regulated by law so that rent increases may not exceed a specified amount.
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- robin redbreast — robin (defs 1, 2).
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- self-debasement — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- sentence adverb — an adverb modifying or commenting upon the content of a sentence as a whole or upon the conditions under which it is uttered, as frankly in Frankly, he can't be trusted.
- side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
- single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- soft-boiled egg — boiled egg with runny yolk
- spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- standard bearer — military: person who carries a flag
- standard-bearer — an officer or soldier of an army or military unit who bears a standard.
- straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
- strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
- subduction zone — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- superabundantly — very or too abundantly
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- to be seen dead — If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.