15-letter words containing d, e, m, s
- sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
- spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
- spread-eagleism — boastfulness or bombast, especially in the display of patriotic or nationalistic pride in the U.S.; flag-waving.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- star-nosed mole — a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout.
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- strontium oxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
- succes d'estime — success won by reason of merit and critical respect rather than by popularity.
- suicide attempt — bid to kill oneself
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- sully-prudhomme — René François Armand [ruh-ney frahn-swa ar-mahn] /rəˈneɪ frɑ̃ˈswa arˈmɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1839–1907, French poet: Nobel prize 1901.
- summa cum laude — with highest praise: used in diplomas to grant the highest of three special honors for grades above the average.
- summer diarrhea — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- summer flounder — a flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, inhabiting shallow waters from Cape Cod to South Carolina, valued as food.
- summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
- swedish massage — a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.
- swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- tasmanian devil — a small, predacious marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, of Tasmania, having a black coat with white patches: its dwindling population is now confined to isolated areas.
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- the first-named — something that is specified or named first
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the second form — the second year of secondary school
- the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- third dimension — the additional dimension by which a solid object is distinguished from a planar projection of itself or from any planar object.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- treacle mustard — a N temperate cruciferous annual plant, Erysimum cheiranthoides, having small yellow flowers. It is a common weed in cultivated ground
- tread a measure — to dance
- tufted titmouse — a gray titmouse, Parus bicolor, of the eastern and midwestern U.S., having a crested head.
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- un-supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- uncircumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- underinvestment — insufficient investment or laying out of money with the expectation of profit
- undress uniform — a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.
- unmelodiousness — an unmelodious quality or character
- unmitigatedness — the state of being unmitigated
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- villeda morales — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909?–71, Honduran diplomat and statesman: president 1957–63.
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- waddesdon manor — a mansion near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire: built (1880–89) in the French style for the Rothschild family: noted for its furnishings and collections of porcelain and paintings
- warmheartedness — The quality of being warmhearted.