16-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- golden delicious — a bright yellow type of Delicious apple.
- goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
- goodwill mission — a group of people sent to a foreign country to express goodwill
- 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).
- hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
- handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
- 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.
- high-speed steel — an especially hard, heat-resistant steel for use in lathe tools and for other applications involving high friction and wear.
- himachal pradesh — a state in N India. 21,495 sq. mi. (55,673 sq. km). Capital: Shimla.
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- hydraulic radius — the ratio of the cross-sectional area to the perimeter of a pipe, outlet, or the like, through which a fluid is flowing.
- hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
- hypsilophodontid — An informal grouping of small ornithopod dinosaurs, regarded as fast, herbivorous bipeds on the order of 1\u20132 meters long (3.3-6.6 feet).
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- 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.
- 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
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indian wrestling — arm wrestling
- indianapolis 500 — a 500-mile oval-track race for rear-engine cars having particular specifications, held annually in Indianapolis, Ind.
- indigestibleness — The quality of being indigestible.
- indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
- indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.
- indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
- indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
- indivisibilities — not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided: one nation indivisible.
- industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
- industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
- intellectualised — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualise.
- inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interdimensional — Between dimensions.
- interrelatedness — reciprocally or mutually related: an interrelated series of experiments.
- intradermal test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
- inverted nipples — nipples which do not project from the breast but are retracted
- invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
- irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
- isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
- isophthalic acid — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the meta isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
- it is early days — Early means near the beginning of something such as a piece of work or a process.
- italian dressing — a strongly flavored vinaigrette for salads, containing garlic, oregano, red peppers, etc.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
- knuckle sandwich — a punch in the mouth with a clenched fist.
- ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
- ladies'-eardrops — lady's-earrings.
- ladies'-earrings — lady's-earrings.