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15-letter words containing d, e, l, t, i, o

  • intercorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
  • interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
  • intermodulation — the production in an electrical device of frequencies that are the sums or differences of frequencies of different inputs or of their harmonics.
  • internucleotide — occurring or existing between nucleotides
  • irvine dataflow — (language)   (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
  • isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
  • joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
  • ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • law of identity — the law that any proposition implies itself.
  • leadwort family — the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
  • lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • lepidopterology — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
  • lie of the land — the topography of the land
  • 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.
  • limited edition — an edition, as of a book or lithograph, limited to a specified small number of copies.
  • line of descent — someone's line of descent is all the people they are descended from
  • liquid nitrogen — nitrogen in a liquid state
  • literary editor — someone who edits literature and books
  • little colorado — a river flowing NW from E Arizona to the E edge of the Grand Canyon, where it flows into the Colorado River. 315 miles (507 km) long.
  • loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
  • locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
  • lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
  • long-tailed tit — a small European songbird, Aegithalos caudatus, with a black, white, and pink plumage and a very long tail: family Paridae (tits)
  • longshore drift — beach drift.
  • longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
  • lord it over sb — If someone lords it over you, they act in a way that shows that they think they are better than you, especially by giving lots of orders.
  • lord lieutenant — British. the title of various high officials holding authority deputed from a sovereign.
  • lower east side — a section in the borough of Manhattan, New York: noted for its immigrant culture.
  • lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • majority leader — the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
  • malappropriated — misused or mishandled
  • medal for merit — a medal awarded by the U.S. to a civilian for distinguished service to the country: discontinued after World War II.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • medicine bottle — a small bottle used to hold medicine
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • melamine-coated — covered with an outer layer of melamine
  • mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
  • 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.
  • minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
  • mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
  • moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
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