15-letter words containing d, e, t, r, i, a
- tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
- trading partner — a person, organization, or country with whom somebody customarily does business
- train attendant — a railway employee charged with managing the safe boarding of passengers, ticket inspection, etc
- 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
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- treasure island — (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
- 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.
- 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°
- 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.
- turnaround time — the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- un-incarcerated — to imprison; confine.
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- under-education — to educate too little or poorly.
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- unextraordinary — beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
- unindoctrinated — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- 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.
- variant reading — an alternative interpretation of a word in a text to the one generally accepted
- vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
- volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
- voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- well-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- 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-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
- wiener neustadt — a city in E Austria, in Lower Austria. Pop: 37 627 (2002)
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- with one accord — If a number of people do something with one accord, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done.
- world-wide wait — (humour) A pejorative expansion of WWW reflecting on the slowness of some network connections and sites.