15-letter words containing d, e, i, n, u
- production line — an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process. Compare assembly line, line1 (def 29).
- protonephridium — a tubular, excretory structure in certain invertebrates, as flatworms, rotifers, and some larvae, usually ending internally in flame cells and having an external pore
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- pseudo-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudo-solution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- pseudoephedrine — a dextrorotatory, isomeric compound, C 1 0 H 1 5 NO, used as a nasal decongestant.
- pseudonephritis — a condition, thought to be benign, in which microscopic amounts of blood and protein are present in the urine, occurring commonly among athletes after strenuous exercise.
- pseudoscientist — a person who practises pseudoscience or who falsely assumes the title of scientist
- public defender — a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.
- public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
- pure and simple — sheer, utter
- purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
- put the wind up — to frighten or alarm
- quadragenarians — Plural form of quadragenarian.
- quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- quasi-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- queen-sized bed — A queen-sized bed is larger than a double bed, but smaller than a king-sized bed.
- question period — a period of time set aside each day for members of parliament to question government ministers
- quickwittedness — The state or condition of being quickwitted.
- quinone diimine — a colorless, crystalline solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 , the parent of the indamine dyes.
- radio announcer — someone who broadcasts or presents radio programmes
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
- redisbursements — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
- redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
- reduction ratio — an expression of the number of times by which an original document has been reduced in a microcopy.
- reed instrument — a wind instrument with a single or double reed, as a saxophone or an oboe.
- reindustrialize — to subject to reindustrialization.
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- retirement fund — A retirement fund is a special fund which people pay money into so that, when they retire from their job, they will receive money regularly as a pension.
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- round the twist — mad; eccentric
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- round-trip time — (RTT) A measure of the current delay on a network, found by timing a packet bounced off some remote host. This can be done with ping -s.
- routeing domain — (networking) (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
- rudimentariness — the state or quality of being rudimentary
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- santa gertrudis — one of an American breed of beef cattle, developed from Shorthorn and Brahman stock for endurance to torrid temperatures.
- second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
- self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.