15-letter words containing d, i, s, a, l
- calculated risk — a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
- canadian shield — (in Canada) the wide area of Precambrian rock extending west from the Labrador coast to the basin of the Mackenzie and north from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay and the Arctic: rich in minerals
- cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
- cardinal spider — a large house spider, Tegenaria parietina
- cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
- cardinal vowels — a set of theoretical vowel sounds, based on the shape of the mouth needed to articulate them, that can be used to classify the vowel sounds of any speaker in any language
- catalina island — Santa Catalina.
- central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.
- channel islands — a group of islands in the English Channel, off the NW coast of France, consisting of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Brechou or Brecqhou, Sark, Herm, Jethou, and Lihou (all between them representing the British Kingdom Crown Dependencies of the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey) - the only part of the duchy of Normandy remaining to Britain - and the Roches Douvres and the Îles Chausey (which belong to France). Pop: 149 878 (2001). Area: 194 sq km (75 sq miles)
- charles dickens — Charles (John Huf·fam) [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/ (Show IPA), ("Boz") 1812–70, English novelist.
- chatham islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, forming a county of South Island, New Zealand: consists of the main islands of Chatham, Pitt, and several rocky islets. Chief settlement: Waitangi. Pop: 609 (2006 est). Area: 963 sq km (372 sq miles)
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- cheval de frise — a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.
- cheval-de-frise — a portable barrier of spikes, sword blades, etc, used to obstruct the passage of cavalry
- child restraint — a device used to protect a child in a motor vehicle
- child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
- christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
- claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
- clandestineness — The state or quality of being clandestine.
- class president — the student president of a school or college class
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- coeliac disease — a chronic intestinal disorder caused by sensitivity to the protein gliadin contained in the gluten of cereals, characterized by distention of the abdomen and frothy and pale foul-smelling stools
- colonial siding — siding composed of boards with parallel faces laid horizontally so that the upper overlaps the one below.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- contact details — the information required to contact someone, such as an address or telephone number
- coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
- cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
- crocodile tears — If someone is crying crocodile tears, their tears and sadness are not genuine or sincere.
- cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
- daily newspaper — A daily newspaper is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday.
- darning needles — a long needle with a long eye used in darning.
- daylight saving — the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening.
- deal someone in — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- dealer's choice — a card game, as poker, in which the dealer decides what particular game is to be played, often depending on the number of players, and designates any special variations or unusual rules, including setting the stakes.
- decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
- decollate snail — a cone-shaped, burrowing snail, Rumina decollata, that feeds on common brown garden snails.
- decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
- decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
- decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
- decriminalising — Present participle of decriminalise.
- defect analysis — (programming) Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- deindustrialise — Alternative spelling of deindustrialize.
- deindustrialize — to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
- delmonico steak — club steak
- delta hepatitis — a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
- demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
- demonstrational — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.