15-letter words containing d, i, r, t, y, o
- 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.
- 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.
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- ordinary rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army
- orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
- 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.
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- primary product — a product consisting of a natural raw material; an unmanufactured product
- 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 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.
- radio astronomy — the branch of astronomy that utilizes extraterrestrial radiation in radio wavelengths rather than visible light for the study of the universe.
- radioautography — autoradiography.
- 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.
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- rotary drilling — Rotary drilling is the use of a continuous circular motion of the drill bit to make a hole.
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- sanitary cordon — cordon sanitaire.
- 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.
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- thyroid hormone — A thyroid hormone is a hormone, especially thyroxine or triiodothyronine, produced by the thyroid gland.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner