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16-letter words containing d, e, s, y

  • dialysis machine — device: kidney treatment
  • diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
  • digestive system — the system by which ingested food is acted upon by physical and chemical means to provide the body with absorbable nutrients and to excrete waste products; in mammals the system includes the alimentary canal extending from the mouth to the anus, and the hormones and enzymes assisting in digestion.
  • dimethyl sulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
  • discovery method — a largely unstructured, situational method or philosophy of teaching whereby students are permitted to find solutions to problems on their own or at their own pace, often jointly in group activities, either independent of or under the guidance of a teacher.
  • disorderly house — a house of prostitution; brothel.
  • display terminal — Visual Display Unit
  • do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
  • do-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
  • doctor's surgery — A doctor's surgery is the same as a doctor's office.
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • down one's alley — a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
  • dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
  • drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • dyer's greenweed — woadwaxen.
  • dyer's-greenweed — woadwaxen.
  • dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
  • earthly paradise — Bible: Garden of Eden
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • fancy dress ball — a ball at which the guests wear fancy dress
  • federalist party — a political group that favored the adoption by the states of the Constitution.
  • firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
  • focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
  • forefathers' day — the anniversary of the day (December 21, 1620, in Old Style December 11) on which the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. Owing to an error in changing the date from the Old Style to the New, it is generally observed on December 22.
  • freshly squeezed — You can describe juice that has been recently pressed out of fruit as freshly squeezed.
  • friendly islands — Tonga
  • friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
  • gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
  • glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
  • gregory's powder — a formulation of rhubarb powder used as a laxative or purgative
  • hay-scented fern — a fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, of eastern North America, having brittle, yellow-green fronds.
  • heads-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
  • hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
  • hendecasyllables — Plural form of hendecasyllable.
  • hodmezovasarhely — a city in SE Hungary.
  • hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
  • hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
  • hydrostatic head — The hydrostatic head is the vertical height of a column of fluid.
  • hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
  • indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
  • indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
  • indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
  • it is early days — Early means near the beginning of something such as a piece of work or a process.
  • kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
  • kingfisher daisy — a bushy southern African plant, Felicia bergerana, having grasslike leaves and solitary, bright-blue flowers.
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