15-letter words containing d, e, l, i, m
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- embalming fluid — a liquid used to treat a dead body, which contains preservatives to retard putrefaction
- embroidery silk — a silk thread used for embroidery
- endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
- endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- epidemiological — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
- epidemiologists — Plural form of epidemiologist.
- ethylenediamine — A viscous liquid used in making detergents and emulsifying agents.
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
- excluded middle — the principle that every proposition is either true or false, so that there is no third truth-value and no statements lack truth-value
- extended family — relatives
- field ambulance — a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
- flame hardening — the surface hardening of ferrous metals by heating the metal with an oxyacetylene flame followed by rapid cooling
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- friedmann model — any model of the universe deduced from a homogeneous, isotropic solution of Einstein's field equations without a cosmological constant. Such models form the mathematical basis for many modern cosmologies and provide for expansion or contraction of the universe.
- fundamentalists — Plural form of fundamentalist.
- gambier islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, in French Polynesia. Chief settlement: Rikitéa. Pop: 1097 (2002). Area: 30 sq km (11 sq miles)
- gerald mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
- go like a dream — to move, develop, or work very well
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
- grimes (golden) — a yellow autumn eating apple
- hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
- hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
- herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
- heredo-familial — denoting a condition or disease that may be passed from generation to generation and to several members of one family
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperlipidaemia — Alternative spelling of hyperlipidemia.
- hyperlipoidemia — An abnormally high level of lipoids in the blood.
- hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
- idealized image — a personal standard of perfection against which one's actual thinking, behavior, and appearance are compared.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- indeterminately — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
- indian mulberry — a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes.
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- intake manifold — a collection of tubes through which the fuel-air mixture flows from the carburetor or fuel injector to the intake valves of the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine.
- integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
- intermodulation — the production in an electrical device of frequencies that are the sums or differences of frequencies of different inputs or of their harmonics.
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- judicial murder — the unjustified execution of the death penalty
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.