15-letter words containing d, e, s, i, t
- nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- nonconsolidated — (financial) Including the financial data of only the parent company.
- nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- noninsecticidal — absent or free of insecticide
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nonstandardized — Unstandardized.
- nursing studies — the study of nursing
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- old-established — established for a long time
- omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
- opinionatedness — The state or condition of being opinionated.
- osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.
- osteochondrosis — a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
- outside the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- over-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- over-distention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
- oxidation state — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
- oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
- packet-switched — packet switching
- packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
- paget's disease — Pathology. a chronic disease characterized by episodic accelerated bone resorption and growth of abnormal replacement bone, causing bone pain, deformation, fractures, and osteosarcoma; osteitis deformans.
- pars intermedia — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
- pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
- pleasant island — former name of Nauru.
- post-depression — the act of depressing.
- post-tridentine — of or relating to the city of Trent.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- postdivestiture — taking place after divestiture
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- prepresidential — describing the period before a person's rise to presidency
- president-elect — a president after election but before induction into office.
- presidents' day — the third Monday in February, a legal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
- prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
- printer's devil — devil (def 5).
- private soldier — A private soldier is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.