15-letter words containing d, e, t, o, r, i
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
- steroidogenesis — the formation of steroids, as by the adrenal cortex, testes, and ovaries.
- stilpnosiderite — a resinous variety of limonite with a black-brown colour
- storage disease — a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive storage in certain cells of normal metabolic intermediates, as fats, iron, and carbohydrates.
- store detective — A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
- strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
- strontium oxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
- superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
- take for a ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- third dimension — the additional dimension by which a solid object is distinguished from a planar projection of itself or from any planar object.
- thorium dioxide — a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thought reading — mind reading.
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- thyroid hormone — A thyroid hormone is a hormone, especially thyroxine or triiodothyronine, produced by the thyroid gland.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
- to do sb credit — If you say that something does someone credit, you mean that they should be praised or admired because of it.
- to hit the road — If you hit the road, you set out on a journey.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- to one's credit — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- 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
- trial and error — experimentation or investigation in which various methods or means are tried and faulty ones eliminated in order to find the correct solution or to achieve the desired result or effect.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- 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°
- trondheim fiord — an inlet of the North Sea, extending into N Norway. 80 miles (129 km) long.
- trondheim fjord — an inlet of the Norwegian Sea in Norway, and Norway's third longest fjord, near which is the port of Trondheim
- truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
- 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.
- turnaround time — the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer
- 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.