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15-letter words containing d, i, r, e, s

  • ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • riding breeches — calf-length trousers of whipcord or other durable fabric, flaring at the sides of the thighs and fitting snugly at and below the knees, worn with riding boots for horseback riding, hunting, etc.
  • rite de passage — rite of passage.
  • river blindness — onchocerciasis.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • robin redbreast — robin (defs 1, 2).
  • rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • rouget de lisleClaude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1760–1836, French army officer and composer of songs: wrote and composed Marseillaise.
  • round the twist — mad; eccentric
  • round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • rudimentariness — the state or quality of being rudimentary
  • sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
  • sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
  • santa gertrudis — one of an American breed of beef cattle, developed from Shorthorn and Brahman stock for endurance to torrid temperatures.
  • satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
  • scared shitless — terrified
  • scatter diagram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
  • scenic designer — a person whose job is to create the scenery for television, film and stage
  • schooner-rigged — rigged as a schooner, especially with gaff sails and staysails only.
  • scolding bridle — branks.
  • scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
  • scorpion spider — whipscorpion.
  • seaside sparrow — a species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima, existing in two subspecies, one (Cape Sable seaside sparrow) having dark olive-drab plumage with a lighter breast and underbelly, and the other (dusky seaside sparrow) having bold black and white markings on the breast and underbelly: the dusky seaside sparrow is almost extinct.
  • second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
  • security thread — a colored thread running through the paper of a piece of paper money, used to deter counterfeiting.
  • seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • self-interested — If you describe someone as self-interested, you disapprove of them because they always want to do what is best for themselves rather than for other people.
  • self-prescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-restricted — confined; limited.
  • semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • semicylindrical — of, relating to, or having the shape of a semicylinder
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
  • shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
  • shire highlands — an upland area of S Malawi. Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
  • shoulder girdle — pectoral girdle (def 2).
  • side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
  • sidereal period — the period of revolution of a body about another with respect to one or more distant stars
  • sidewalk artist — an artist who draws pictures on the sidewalk, especially with colored chalk, as a means of soliciting money from passers-by.
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