15-letter words containing d, e, p, r, i
- hypersensitized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersensitize.
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
- hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypodorian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A, with the final on D.
- identity papers — law: legal documents
- identity parade — law: police lineup
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- 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'.
- 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.
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- 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.
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- leaf primordium — a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
- lepidopterology — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- limited partner — special partner.
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- malappropriated — misused or mishandled
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- 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.
- misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
- 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.
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.