15-letter words containing d, e, s, i, t
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
- trapdoor spider — any of various, often large, spiders (esp. family Ctenizidae) that dig a burrow and cover the entrance with a hinged lid like a trapdoor
- treasure island — (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
- trojan asteroid — one of a number of asteroids that have the same mean motion and orbit as Jupiter, preceding or following the planet by a longitude of 60°
- tufted titmouse — a gray titmouse, Parus bicolor, of the eastern and midwestern U.S., having a crested head.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- turn inside out — If you say that something has been turned inside out, you mean that it is the opposite of what you expect or think it should be.
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
- type 1 diabetes — diabetes (def 3).
- type 2 diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
- type i diabetes — diabetes (def 3).
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- unanaesthetized — not anaesthetized
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- 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
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- undistinguished — having no distinguishing marks or features.
- uninhibitedness — the state or quality of being uninhibited
- unmitigatedness — the state of being unmitigated
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unsatisfiedness — the state of being unsatisfied
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unsubstantiated — not substantiated; unproved or unverified: unsubstantiated allegations.
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- upper east side — a section of the East Side of New York City, conventionally between 57th Street and 96th Street, known for its affluence.
- valentine's day — February 14, observed in honor of St. Valentine as a day for the exchange of valentines and other tokens of affection.
- vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
- vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
- vested interest — a special interest in an existing system, arrangement, or institution for particular personal reasons.
- vindicativeness — the quality or state of being vindicative
- viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
- wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
- well-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.
- well-positioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- west des moines — a city in S central Iowa, near Des Moines.
- west wind drift — Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
- widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow
- wiener neustadt — a city in E Austria, in Lower Austria. Pop: 37 627 (2002)
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- winchester disk — a hard disk that is permanently mounted in its unit.
- wind instrument — a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.