15-letter words containing d, e, s
- medical studies — a course of study leading to qualification as a doctor of medicine
- medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
- melville island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, N of Canada, belonging to Canada. 200 miles (320 km) long; 130 miles (210 km) wide.
- mendeleev's law — periodic law (def 2).
- mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
- microdissection — dissection performed under a microscope.
- micrometeoroids — Plural form of micrometeoroid.
- mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- middle distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
- middle palisade — a mountain of the Sierra Nevada in EC California, one of the Palisades Peaks in the Sierra Nevada 14,040 feet (4279 meters).
- middle-distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
- 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.
- midsummer's day — Midsummer's Day or Midsummer Day is the 24th of June.
- miles and miles — a long distance
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
- miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- missile address — ICBM address
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- mole salamander — ambystomid.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
- monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
- monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
- monosubstituted — containing one substituent.
- monounsaturated — of or noting a class of fats that lack a hydrogen bond at one point on the carbon chain and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- most up-to-date — in accordance with the latest or newest ideas, standards, techniques, styles, etc.; modern.
- 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.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- multihomed host — A host which has more than one connection to a network. The host may send and receive data over any of the links but will not route traffic for other nodes.
- muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
- mustard plaster — a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- near as damn it — Some people say as near as damn it or as near as dammit to emphasize that what they have said is almost completely accurate, but not quite.
- nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
- needless to say — of course, obviously
- nest of drawers — a miniature chest of drawers made in the 18th century, often set on top of a desk or table.
- network address — (networking) 1. The network portion of an IP address. For a class A network, the network address is the first byte of the IP address. For a class B network, the network address is the first two bytes of the IP address. For a class C network, the network address is the first three bytes of the IP address. In each case, the remainder is the host address. In the Internet, assigned network addresses are globally unique. See also subnet address, Internet Registry. 2. (Or "net address") An electronic mail address on the network. In the 1980s this might have been a bang path but now (1997) it is nearly always a domain address. Such an address is essential if one wants to be to be taken seriously by hackers; in particular, persons or organisations that claim to understand, work with, sell to, or recruit from among hackers but *don't* display net addresses are quietly presumed to be clueless poseurs and mentally flushed. Hackers often put their net addresses on their business cards and wear them prominently in contexts where they expect to meet other hackers face-to-face (e.g. science-fiction fandom). This is mostly functional, but is also a signal that one identifies with hackerdom (like lodge pins among Masons or tie-dyed T-shirts among Grateful Dead fans). Net addresses are often used in e-mail text as a more concise substitute for personal names; indeed, hackers may come to know each other quite well by network names without ever learning each others' real monikers. See also sitename, domainist.