15-letter words containing d, i, s, c, u, e
- muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- pseudo-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
- pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
- pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudo-suicidal — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
- pseudoscientist — a person who practises pseudoscience or who falsely assumes the title of scientist
- public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
- public-spirited — having or showing an unselfish interest in the public welfare: a public-spirited citizen.
- quadric surface — a three-dimensional surface whose equation is a quadratic equation.
- quickwittedness — The state or condition of being quickwitted.
- rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
- required course — an obligatory course for all students
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- 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.
- self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
- self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- sodium chloride — salt1 (def 1).
- sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
- sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
- sound recordist — recordist.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- special student — a student who is not seeking a degree but enrols in a course, esp to gain academic credits
- stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
- state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
- student council — a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.
- studio audience — spectators on a TV set
- subduction zone — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index