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19-letter words containing d, i, m, e

  • guillaume de lorris — 13th-century French poet who wrote the first 4058 lines of the allegorical romance, the Roman de la rose, continued by Jean de Meung
  • hairdryer treatment — (esp in sport) the practice of shouting at someone at close quarters in order to express one's displeasure at something he or she has done
  • hatfield-mccoy feud — a blood feud between two mountain clans on the West Virginia–Kentucky border, the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky, that grew out of their being on opposite sides during the Civil War and was especially violent during 1880–90.
  • have a good mind to — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • have half a mind to — to have the intention of
  • hemidemisemiquavers — Plural form of hemidemisemiquaver.
  • hermetically sealed — airtight
  • highways department — the department of a state, council, etc, responsible for the upkeep of roads and highways
  • holiday entitlement — the number of days of paid holiday in a year that a worker is entitled to take
  • hotel accommodation — the facilities and the quality of accommodation provided by a hotel
  • housing development — a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.
  • human rights record — the facts that are known about the tendency of a country, regime, etc, to observe and protect human rights
  • hydropneumatization — utilization of air pressure in the housing of a water turbine to keep the level of water that has been used from rising to interfere with the rotor blades.
  • hyperparathyroidism — overactivity of the parathyroid gland, characterized by softening of the bones, with consequent pain, tenderness, and a tendency to spontaneous fractures, and by muscular weakness and abdominal cramps.
  • hypomixolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D, with the final on G.
  • identification mark — barcode or serial number
  • imperial presidency — a U.S. presidency that is characterized by greater power than the Constitution allows.
  • in one's mind's eye — pictured within the mind; imagined or remembered vividly
  • in one's right mind — sane
  • indemnity insurance — insurance covering against damage or loss
  • indeterminate vowel — schwa.
  • industrial medicine — the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives
  • interdenominational — occurring between, involving, or common to different religious denominations.
  • interdepartmentally — involving or existing between two or more departments: interdepartmental rivalry.
  • intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
  • intermediate system — (networking)   (IS) An Open Systems Interconnection system which performs network layer forwarding. It is analogous to an IP router.
  • intermediate-acting — (of a drug) intermediate in its effects between long- and short-acting drugs
  • internal hemorrhoid — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
  • interstellar medium — the matter occurring between the stars of our Galaxy, largely in the spiral arms, and consisting mainly of huge clouds of ionized, neutral, or molecular hydrogen
  • investment compound — investment (def 11).
  • ipratropium bromide — an anticholinergic bronchodilator, C 20 H 30 BrNO 3 , used in the treatment of chronic bronchitis and in airway obstruction diseases.
  • isidorus of miletus — flourished 6th century a.d, Byzantine engineer. He was one of the architects of Hagia Sophia; (originally an Orthodox cathedral and currently a museum in Istanbul, Turkey).
  • james' dsssl engine — (text, tool)   (JADE) A DSSSL tool by James J. Clark. Jade is an implementation of the DSSSL style language for Unix and Microsoft Windows. It can turn the SGML source of the DSSSL standard into an RTF file of about 200 pages using a fairly complex DSSSL specification.
  • jimenez de cisneros — Francisco [frahn-thees-kaw] /frɑnˈθis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1436–1517, Spanish cardinal and statesman.
  • junior middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 154 pounds (69.3 kg), between welterweight and middleweight.
  • keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
  • kingdom of lorraine — an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
  • know one's own mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • lady baltimore cake — a white layer cake using only the beaten whites of eggs and spread with a fruitnut filling consisting of raisins, figs, walnuts or pecans, and sometimes candied cherries.
  • leading aircraftman — the rank above aircraftman
  • limited partnership — a partnership formed by at least one general partner and at least one special partner.
  • line of demarcation — a separation between things deemed to be distinct
  • lord baltimore cake — a yellow layer cake, using only the yolks of eggs and having a fruit-nut filling consisting of pecans, almonds, maraschino cherries, and macaroon crumbs.
  • lucia di lammermoor — an opera (1835) by Gaetano Donizetti, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor.
  • macaroni and cheese — pasta with cheese sauce
  • maestro di cappella — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp a private one attached to the palace of a prince in Italy during the baroque period
  • magnesium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, Mg(OH) 2 , used chiefly in medicine as an antacid and as a laxative.
  • magnetic tape drive — (storage)   (Or "tape drive") A peripheral device that reads and writes magnetic tape.
  • magnetohydrodynamic — Of or pertaining to magnetohydrodynamics.
  • malicious falsehood — a lie told by someone who knows the lie is false or knows it will do harm to the person it is concerning
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