15-letter words containing d, i, c, o, t
- media converter — (networking) A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- 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.
- medicine bottle — a small bottle used to hold medicine
- melamine-coated — covered with an outer layer of melamine
- methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
- microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
- microdissection — dissection performed under a microscope.
- micrometeoroids — Plural form of micrometeoroid.
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
- miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- miscoordination — Lack of coordination.
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- moderate-income — of or relating to those with a close-to-average income within the overall population.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
- monroe doctrine — the policy, as stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- narcotics squad — a department of the police which investigates crimes concerning illegal drugs
- non-adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- non-capitalized — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-dialectical — dialectic.
- non-disjunction — the failure of chromosomes to separate and segregate into daughter cells at division.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- non-educational — pertaining to education.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
- nonconfidential — not confidential
- nonconsolidated — (financial) Including the financial data of only the parent company.
- noncredentialed — not credentialed or lacking credentials
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
- nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
- nonincorporated — Not incorporated.
- noninsecticidal — absent or free of insecticide
- nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
- nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
- nonprecedential — Not precedential.
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
- obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- object-oriented — pertaining to or denoting a system, programming language, etc., that supports the use of objects, as an entire image, a routine, or a data structure.
- occipitomastoid — (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones.
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.