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16-letter words containing d, i, m, e, n

  • radium emanation — (formerly) radon.
  • ramsden eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex crown-glass lenses of equal focal length, placed with the convex sides facing each other and with a separation between the lenses of about two-thirds of the focal length of each.
  • reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • redemption yield — the yield produced by a redeemable gilt-edged security taking into account the annual interest it pays and an annualized amount to account for any profit or loss when it is redeemed
  • reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
  • relational model — relational data model
  • remedial reading — instruction in reading aimed at increasing speed and comprehension by correcting poor reading habits.
  • residence permit — permission allowing someone to legally reside in a country
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
  • self-determinism — a theory that every present state or condition of the self is a result of previous states or conditions of the self.
  • self-discernment — the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
  • self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
  • semi-independent — (of a political entity) having substantial self-government in regard to local matters but subordinate in such external matters as foreign policy; semiautonomous.
  • sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
  • simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
  • sinus meridianii — an area on the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
  • snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
  • sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
  • speak one's mind — give one's frank opinion
  • standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
  • state-maintained — publicly funded
  • stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
  • stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
  • sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
  • swedenborgianism — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
  • terminal adaptor — (networking, hardware)   (TA) Equipment used to adapt Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment standards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor is typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX). A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it replaces it.
  • terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
  • the mendip hills — a range of limestone hills in SW England, in N Somerset: includes the Cheddar Gorge and numerous caves. Highest point: 325 m (1068 ft)
  • the old dominion — a nickname for the US state of Virginia
  • three blind mice — nursery rhyme
  • tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
  • tiger salamander — a salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, common in North America, having a dark body marked with yellowish spots or bars.
  • time out of mind — time immemorial (def 1).
  • titanium dioxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
  • torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
  • transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
  • undenominational — free from religious sects or denominationalism; not limited or belonging to any particular religious group or groups.
  • under-modulation — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
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