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15-letter words containing d, e, t, s

  • casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
  • cathedral glass — a semitransparent sheet of rolled glass having a decorative pattern.
  • cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
  • centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
  • central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.
  • character study — a work of fiction in which the delineation of the central character's personality is more important than the plot.
  • charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
  • chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
  • child restraint — a device used to protect a child in a motor vehicle
  • child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
  • chinese crested — a small dog of a Chinese breed having long slender legs and a hairless body with hair only on the feet, head, and tail
  • chinese mustard — brown mustard.
  • choledochostomy — formation of a temporary opening through the abdominal wall into the common bile duct, usually to remove stones.
  • chondroskeleton — the cartilaginous part of the skeleton of vertebrates
  • christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
  • citrus red mite — a large mite, Panonychus citri, that is an important pest of citrus.
  • claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
  • clandestineness — The state or quality of being clandestine.
  • class president — the student president of a school or college class
  • clear the decks — to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat
  • closed fracture — simple fracture.
  • closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
  • closed position — (in ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance) any position in which the feet touch each other.
  • closed sentence — a formula that contains no free occurrence of any variable
  • closed traverse — a traverse ending at its point of origin.
  • collected works — the works of a particular writer brought together into one volume or a set of volumes
  • college student — a student at a university or college
  • colorado desert — an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico, west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)
  • common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
  • complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
  • condition codes — a set of single bits that indicate specific conditions within a computer. The values of the condition codes are often determined by the outcome of a prior software operation and their principal use is to govern choices between alternative instruction sequences
  • confidence test — (testing)   Tests to confirm that the results of a program lie within certain ranges according to the expected probability distribution.
  • conjoined twins — twin babies born joined together at some point, such as at the hips. Some have lived for many years without being surgically separated
  • consecratedness — the state of being consecrated
  • considerateness — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
  • consideratively — in a considerative manner
  • consumer credit — Consumer credit is money that is lent to people by organizations such as banks, building societies, and shops so that they can buy things.
  • contact address — an address where a person can be contacted
  • contact details — the information required to contact someone, such as an address or telephone number
  • contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
  • converted steel — cement steel.
  • corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
  • correspondently — in a correspondent manner
  • corticosteroids — Plural form of corticosteroid.
  • cottonseed cake — cotton cake.
  • cottonseed meal — the residue of cottonseed kernels from which oil has been extracted, used as fodder or fertilizer
  • coude telescope — a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope.
  • course of study — an extended period of organized study, often leading to a qualification
  • cradle snatcher — someone who marries or has an affair with a much younger person
  • credit standing — reputation for discharging financial obligations
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