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15-letter words containing d, i, a, t, h, e

  • holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
  • horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
  • hunting leopard — the cheetah.
  • hydroxylapatite — Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite.
  • hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
  • hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
  • identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
  • impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
  • in at the death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
  • in the hands of — under the control of
  • in the old days — a long time ago
  • indian elephant — See under elephant.
  • inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
  • ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • kindheartedness — The quality of being kindhearted.
  • late in the day — in the evening
  • leave the field — to back out of a competition, contest, etc
  • left-hand drive — A left-hand drive vehicle has the steering wheel on the left side, and is designed to be used in countries where people drive on the right-hand side of the road.
  • lie of the land — the topography of the land
  • light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
  • lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
  • like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
  • madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
  • maidenhair tree — ginkgo.
  • maidenhair-tree — ginkgo.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • mental handicap — learning disability
  • metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
  • methylphenidate — a central nervous system stimulant, C 1 4 H 1 9 NO 2 , used in the control of hyperkinetic syndromes and narcolepsy.
  • mid-heavyweight — a professional wrestler weighing 199–209 pounds (91–95 kg)
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
  • nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
  • ninth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the rights enumerated in the Constitution would not be construed as denying or jeopardizing other rights of the people.
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • old father time — time personified
  • old-established — established for a long time
  • one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • orthopaedic bed — a specially firm bed designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints
  • orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • packet-switched — packet switching
  • payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
  • photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
  • pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • pre-established — to establish beforehand.
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