15-letter words containing d, e, c, n
- hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- identical twins — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
- identifications — Plural form of identification.
- identity crisis — a period or episode of psychological distress, often occurring in adolescence but sometimes in adulthood, when a person seeks a clearer sense of self and an acceptable role in society.
- ill-conditioned — in a surly or bad mood, state, etc.
- immunodeficient — Exhibiting immunodeficiency.
- implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
- in deference to — out of regard or respect for (a person or the person's position or wishes)
- in difficulties — in distress, esp. financially
- in mid-sentence — halfway through saying sth
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- inconsideration — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indefectibility — The quality of being indefectible.
- indemnification — the act of indemnifying; state of being indemnified.
- indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
- indeterministic — the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.
- indian licorice — rosary pea.
- indirect demand — the secondary demand for labour, raw materials, premises etc which arises from the direct demand for goods
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indirect object — a word or group of words representing the person or thing with reference to which the action of a verb is performed, in English generally coming between the verb and the direct object and paraphrasable as the object of a preposition, usually to or for, following the direct object, as the boy in He gave the boy a book.
- indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
- indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indistinctively — without distinctive characteristics.
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- infoword office — (tool) A suite of applications for Unix including a word processor, spreadsheet and database.
- injudiciousness — The state or condition of being injudicious.
- intercorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- interdependence — the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other: Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.
- interdependency — the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other: Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.
- internucleotide — occurring or existing between nucleotides
- interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- juan de la cruz — San [sahn] /sɑn/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
- 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.
- 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).
- keystone comedy — a short film of the silent era, often featuring the Keystone Kops.
- kincardineshire — a former county in E Scotland.
- king's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
- knickerbockered — wearing knickers.
- knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.