16-letter words containing d, i, s, c, u, e
- descent function — If a recursive function is of the form f x = ... f (d x) ... then d is known as the descent function.
- destructibleness — The quality of being destructible.
- diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
- digestive juices — fluids secreted in the stomach or intestines that assist in the digestion of food
- direct discourse — quotation of a speaker in which the speaker's exact words are repeated.
- discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
- discourteousness — The state or quality of being discourteous.
- distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
- double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
- drumhead service — a religious service attended by members of a military unit while in the field
- dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
- duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
- ferruginous duck — a common European duck, Aythyra nyroca, having reddish-brown plumage with white wing bars
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- fundamentalistic — Fundamentalist.
- golden delicious — a bright yellow type of Delicious apple.
- incidental music — music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.
- incommodiousness — The state or quality of being incommodious.
- indecent assault — a sexual offense, other than rape, committed by one person against another.
- indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
- induction course — training for new job
- induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.
- intellectualised — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualise.
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- knuckle sandwich — a punch in the mouth with a clenched fist.
- kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
- malicious damage — Malicious damage is damage caused on purpose to the property of another person.
- masculine ending — a final inflection or suffix designating that a word belongs to the masculine gender.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- measuring device — gauge
- mercuric sulfide — a crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous compound, HgS, occurring as a coarse, black powder (black mercuric sulfide) or as a fine, bright-scarlet powder (red mercuric sulfide) used chiefly as a pigment and as a source of the free metal.
- moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
- multi-discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- multidisciplined — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
- oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
- outside director — a director of a company who is not employed by that company but is often employed by a holding or associated company
- paediatric nurse — a nurse who specializes in the care of children
- panel discussion — a formal discussion before an audience for which the topic, speakers, etc., have been selected in advance.
- percussion drill — a drill that is operated by percussion
- persulfuric acid — Also called Caro's acid, permonosulfuric acid, peroxymonosulfuric acid, peroxysulfuric acid. a white, crystalline solid, H 2 SO 5 , used as an oxidizing agent for certain organic compounds.
- picture postcard — postcard (def 1).
- process industry — business of treating raw materials
- promiscuous mode — (networking) Where a node on a network accepts all packets, regardless of their destination address.
- pseudo-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- pseudo-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- pseudo-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.