15-letter words containing d, e, c, i, u
- ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
- immunodeficient — Exhibiting immunodeficiency.
- in difficulties — in distress, esp. financially
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- injudiciousness — The state or condition of being injudicious.
- internucleotide — occurring or existing between nucleotides
- juan del encina — Juan del [hwahn del] /ʰwɑn dɛl/ (Show IPA), 1468?-1529? Spanish poet, composer, and playwright.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- judicial murder — the unjustified execution of the death penalty
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- julian calendar — the calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 b.c., fixing the length of the year at 365 days and at 366 days every fourth year. There are 12 months of 30 or 31 days, except for February (which has 28 days with the exception of every fourth year, or leap year, when it has 29 days).
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- lauric aldehyde — a colorless, extremely alcohol-soluble liquid having a strong floral odor, C 12 H 24 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- listed security — a security that is quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and appears in its Official List of Securities
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- medical student — trainee doctor
- medical studies — a course of study leading to qualification as a doctor of medicine
- medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- medicine bundle — a wrapped package of items used by some North American Indians for religious or ceremonial purposes.
- miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
- multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
- non-adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- non-educational — pertaining to education.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
- nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
- office building — building containing offices
- oligonucleotide — a chain of a few nucleotides.
- out in the cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- peak production — the maximum production
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.