15-letter words containing d, i, r, t, y, e
- it's early days — If you say about something that might be true that it is early days, you mean that it is too soon for you to be completely sure about it.
- ladybird beetle — ladybug.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- leadwort family — the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- lepidopterology — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
- listed security — a security that is quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and appears in its Official List of Securities
- literary device — technique used in writing
- literary editor — someone who edits literature and books
- majority leader — the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
- master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
- maternity dress — a dress worn by a pregnant woman and which is designed to allow for the changes in body size which take place during pregnancy
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
- microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
- minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
- neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
- paternity order — a court order which declares a child's paternity
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- presidents' day — the third Monday in February, a legal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
- private pay bed — (in Britain) a bed in a National Health Service hospital, reserved for private patients who pay a consultant acting privately for treatment and who are charged by the health service for use of hospital facilities
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- radial symmetry — a basic body plan in which the organism can be divided into similar halves by passing a plane at any angle along a central axis, characteristic of sessile and bottom-dwelling animals, as the sea anemone and starfish.
- radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- redial facility — a means of dialling a number again by pressing a button
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- security thread — a colored thread running through the paper of a piece of paper money, used to deter counterfeiting.
- 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.
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.