15-letter words containing d, i, l, a, t
- somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
- sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
- sound-and-light — combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound-and-light presentation.
- special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
- special student — a student who is not seeking a degree but enrols in a course, esp to gain academic credits
- spit and polish — great care in maintaining smart appearance and crisp efficiency: The commander was concerned more with spit and polish than with the company's morale.
- spratly islands — a widely-scattered group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the S South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims wholly or in part by six neighbouring nations
- standard lining — a system for aligning type so that all fonts of the same point size have a common baseline.
- stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
- starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
- sustained yield — the continuing supply of a natural resource, as timber, through scheduled harvests to insure replacement by regrowth or reproduction.
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- tasmanian devil — a small, predacious marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, of Tasmania, having a black coat with white patches: its dwindling population is now confined to isolated areas.
- the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
- 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 living dead — dead people that have been brought back to life by a supernatural force
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thousand island — of or relating to the Thousand Islands or their inhabitants
- thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- thymidylic acid — a nucleotide consisting of thymine, deoxyribose, and a phosphate group. It is a constituent of DNA
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
- time dilatation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- 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.
- track and field — athletics events
- track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
- trading capital — the total amount of money available for buying assets
- transindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- transvaal daisy — a composite plant, Gerbera jamesonii, native to southern Africa, having showy, many-rayed, variously colored flower heads.
- 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.
- trichomonacidal — relating to a trichomonacide
- 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.
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- 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
- ultrafastidious — extremely fastidious
- un-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
- unconditionally — not limited by conditions; absolute: an unconditional promise.
- unconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).