15-letter words containing d, e, c, o, y
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
- hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
- ichthyodorylite — a fossilised fish-spine
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
- keystone comedy — a short film of the silent era, often featuring the Keystone Kops.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- managed economy — an economy in which the government allocates prices of goods and resources
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
- microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- non-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- orderly officer — Military. officer of the day, as in the British army or, formerly, in the U.S. Army.
- ordinary income — taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- planned economy — an economic system in which the government controls and regulates production, distribution, prices, etc.
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.