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16-letter words containing d, i, m, e, s, t

  • disestablishment — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
  • disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
  • displacement ton — a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater.
  • display terminal — Visual Display Unit
  • distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
  • distinguishments — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • distributed term — a term applying equally to every member of the class it designates, as doctors in no doctors are overworked
  • domain selection — (systems analysis)   The prioritisation and selection of one or more domains for which specific software reuse engineering projects are to be initiated.
  • domestic partner — either member of an unmarried, cohabiting, and especially homosexual couple that seeks benefits usually available only to spouses.
  • domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
  • domestic science — home economics.
  • domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
  • domestic service — the work of household servants
  • dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
  • endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • feline distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • frederic mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
  • fundamentalistic — Fundamentalist.
  • garment district — an area in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, including portions of Seventh Avenue and Broadway between 34th and 40th Streets and the streets intersecting them, that contains many factories, showrooms, etc., related to the design, manufacture, and wholesale distribution of clothing.
  • gaudeamus igitur — let us therefore rejoice
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • hamming distance — (data)   The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
  • hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
  • headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
  • immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • incidental music — music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.
  • indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
  • information desk — helpdesk, information point
  • informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
  • interdimensional — Between dimensions.
  • intermediateness — The condition of being intermediate.
  • intradermal test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
  • limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
  • mainstream media — newspapers, magazines, television, and radio, as opposed to social media
  • manifest destiny — the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
  • married quarters — the housing provided on a military base for married servicemen or servicewomen
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
  • matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
  • medieval studies — a course of study based on the history of the Middle Ages
  • menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
  • message digest 5 — (messaging)   The message digest function defined in RFC 1321.
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