16-letter words containing d, e, s, t
- (at) second hand — not from the original source; indirectly
- abdominocentesis — (surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar.
- absentmindedness — Alternative form of absent-mindedness.
- absobloodylutely — (British slang) absolutely.
- academic costume — the ceremonial garb of the students and faculty in schools, colleges, and universities, consisting of a flat cap (mortarboard), a long, wide-sleeved gown, and sometimes a hood, worn especially at commencement exercises.
- accordion pleats — tiny knife pleats
- accrued interest — interest which has been earned since an investment was made or since a previous interest payment
- acid house party — a professionally organized party for young people, with Acid House music, sometimes held in a field or disused building
- acknowledgements — Plural form of acknowledgement.
- acoustic torpedo — a torpedo guided by sound that either emanates from the target or is emitted by the torpedo and bounces off the target.
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- across-the-board — applying to all employees, members, groups, or categories; general: The across-the-board pay increase means a raise for all employees.
- actinodermatitis — dermatitis from exposure to radiation, esp ultraviolet light or X-rays
- activated sludge — a mass of aerated precipitated sewage added to untreated sewage to bring about purification by hastening decomposition by microorganisms
- additive inverse — the number that must be added to a number to equal zero
- additive process — a photographic process in which the desired colours are produced by adding together appropriate proportions of three primary colours
- adhesive plaster — adhesive tape, especially in wide sheets.
- adjective clause — a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, as the clause that I told you about in This is the book that I told you about and who saw us in It was she who saw us.
- adjective phrase — An adjective phrase or adjectival phrase is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football.' An adjective phrase can also consist simply of an adjective.
- adjustable-pitch — (of a marine or aircraft propeller) having blades whose pitch can be changed while the propeller is stationary, chiefly to suit various conditions of navigation or flight.
- administratively — pertaining to administration; executive: administrative ability.
- administratrices — Plural form of administratrix.
- advantageousness — The state or quality of being advantageous.
- adventitiousness — The degree to which a thing is adventitious.
- advice columnist — An advice columnist is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.
- advisory teacher — a teacher who visits schools to advise teachers on curriculum developments within a particular subject area
- aeolian deposits — sediments, such as loess, made up of windblown grains of sand or dust
- against the head — from the opposing side's put-in to the scrum
- agustin iturbide — Agustín de [ah-goos-teen de] /ˌɑ gusˈtin dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1783–1824, Mexican soldier and revolutionary: as Agustín I, emperor of Mexico 1822–23.
- air-raid shelter — a structure, often located underground, that is designed to protect people during an air raid
- aleutian islands — a chain of over 150 volcanic islands, extending southwestwards from the Alaska Peninsula between the N Pacific and the Bering Sea
- ambidextrousness — The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
- amebic dysentery — a form of dysentery caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica)
- american mustard — a mild yellow mustard
- amusement arcade — An amusement arcade is a place where you can play games on machines which work when you put money in them.
- an end in itself — If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else.
- anabolic steroid — Anabolic steroids are drugs which people, especially athletes, take to make their muscles bigger and to give them more strength.
- anderson shelter — a small prefabricated air-raid shelter of World War II consisting of an arch of corrugated metal and designed to be partly buried in people's gardens and covered with earth for protection
- andrea del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- andromeda strain — a hypothetical microorganism, as might be developed from biological research, that if released would uncontrollably kill living things on earth
- anode resistance — (of a vacuum tube at a given level of output) the ratio of a small change in voltage of the anode to the corresponding small change in anode current.
- anti-federalists — U.S. History. a member or supporter of the Antifederal party.
- antimony sulfide — antimony pentasulfide.
- anxiety disorder — any of various mental disorders characterized by extreme anxiety and including panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder
- appraisal method — a method used for the appraisal of an employee
- arms and the man — a comedy (1898) by G. B. Shaw.
- arsenic trioxide — a white poisonous powder used in the manufacture of glass and as an insecticide, rat poison, and weedkiller. Formula: As2O3
- ascending rhythm — rising rhythm.
- ascidian tadpole — the free-swimming larva of an ascidian, having a tadpole-like tail containing the notochord and nerve cord
- assistant editor — a person who assists an editor in their work
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