16-letter words containing d, i, s, a
- first-aid worker — someone who is trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- fisherman's bend — a knot made by taking a round turn on the object to which the rope is to be fastened, passing the end of the rope around the standing part and under the round turn, and securing the end.
- fishskin disease — ichthyosis
- flathead catfish — a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictus olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw.
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
- fluosilicic acid — an unstable acid, H 2 SiF 6 , known only in its colorless, poisonous, fuming aqueous solution or in the form of its salts: used chiefly as a wood preservative, a disinfectant, and as a hardening agent in the manufacture of ceramic ware, cement, and concrete.
- forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
- forward analysis — An analysis which determines properties of the output of a program from properties of the inputs.
- foundation stone — any of the stones composing the foundation of a building.
- four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
- four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
- fraises des bois — wild strawberries
- francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- frederic mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
- friendly islands — Tonga
- ft share indexes — any of a number of share indexes published by the Financial Times to reflect various aspects of stock exchange prices
- fundamentalistic — Fundamentalist.
- gallium arsenide — a crystalline and highly toxic semiconductor, GaAs, used in light-emitting diodes, lasers, and electronic devices.
- garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
- garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- garment district — an area in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, including portions of Seventh Avenue and Broadway between 34th and 40th Streets and the streets intersecting them, that contains many factories, showrooms, etc., related to the design, manufacture, and wholesale distribution of clothing.
- gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
- gaudeamus igitur — let us therefore rejoice
- gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
- glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
- glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
- goods in transit — articles that are in the process of being carried by vehicle from one place to another
- governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
- grand inquisitor — (often initial capital letters) the presiding officer of a court of inquisition.
- graphic designer — person: commercial artist
- graphics adapter — graphics adaptor
- graphics adaptor — (hardware, graphics) (Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets.
- great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
- gynandromorphism — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- hacienda heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
- hamming distance — (data) The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
- handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
- hansen's disease — leprosy.
- hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
- harvard graphics — (graphics, tool) A presentation graphics product by Software Publishing Corporation (SPC) for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc..
- hawaiian gardens — a town in SW California.
- head post office — the main post office in a town
- headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
- heads-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
- hen-and-chickens — any of several succulent plants that grow in clusters or colonies formed by runners or offshoots, as those of the genera Echeveria and Sempervivum.
- himachal pradesh — a state in N India. 21,495 sq. mi. (55,673 sq. km). Capital: Shimla.
- homme d'affaires — a businessman.