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15-letter words containing d, e, c, n

  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • the common good — If you do something for the common good, you do it for the benefit or advantage of everyone.
  • the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
  • the handicapped — those who are physically disabled or mentally retarded
  • the second form — the second year of secondary school
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • third ventricle — one of the four cavities of the brain, lying on the midline between the cerebral hemispheres
  • thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • time difference — the difference in clock time between two or more different time zones
  • to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
  • to come to mind — If something comes to mind or springs to mind, you think of it without making any effort.
  • to one's credit — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
  • to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
  • tocodynamometer — tokodynamometer.
  • top dead center — Top dead center is the position of an engine's piston when it is at the very top of its stroke.
  • top dead-centre — the position of the crank of a reciprocating engine or pump when the piston is at the top of its stroke
  • track and field — athletics events
  • track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
  • trade reference — a reference in which one trader gives his opinion as to the creditworthiness of another trader in the same trade, esp to a supplier
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • tree-and-branch — denoting a cable television system in which all available programme channels are fed to each subscriber
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
  • un-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
  • un-incarcerated — to imprison; confine.
  • un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
  • unaccounted for — If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.
  • unaccounted-for — not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
  • unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
  • unauthenticated — to establish as genuine.
  • uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
  • uncircumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
  • uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • uncondescending — showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality.
  • unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
  • uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
  • under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
  • under suspicion — suspected of a crime
  • under-education — to educate too little or poorly.
  • under-frequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
  • under-secretary — UK ministerial position
  • undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
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