15-letter words containing d, e, p, i, n
- implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- in dependent of — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- independentista — (especially in Latin America) a person who supports or works toward political independence, especially one supporting radical changes in an existing government or from an existing system of government.
- indian elephant — See under elephant.
- indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
- indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
- interdependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- interdependence — the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other: Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.
- interdependency — the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other: Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.
- interpenetrated — Simple past tense and past participle of interpenetrate.
- interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
- ipod generation — members of the generation of adults born after 1970, who are less financially secure than their parents, due to student debt, high house prices, and job insecurity
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- lead-pipe cinch — an absolute certainty: It's a lead-pipe cinch they'll be there.
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
- 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 partner — special partner.
- line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
- lynden pindling — Lynden Oscar ("Father of the Bahamas") 1930–2000, Bahamian political leader: first prime minister 1967–92.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
- 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.
- medium-fine pen — a pen with a fairly small point
- mental handicap — learning disability
- methylphenidate — a central nervous system stimulant, C 1 4 H 1 9 NO 2 , used in the control of hyperkinetic syndromes and narcolepsy.
- midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- napoleonic code — Code Napoléon
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
- nil desperandum — never despair
- non-capitalized — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- non-handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
- non-independent — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.