15-letter words containing d, i, s, n, e
- ground squirrel — any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias. circ;circ;
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- guardian angels — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
- hang seng index — an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
- hereditarianism — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
- hereditarianist — a person who believes in the doctrine of hereditarianism
- heroin overdose — an excessive amount of the drug heroin, sufficient to cause illness or death
- high-handedness — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
- holyhead island — former name of Holy Island (def 2).
- household linen — items made of cloth, such as tablecloths, sheets, and pillowcases, that are used in the home
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hypersensitized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersensitize.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- i don't suppose — You can say 'I don't suppose' as a way of introducing a polite request.
- identical twins — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
- identifications — Plural form of identification.
- identity crisis — a period or episode of psychological distress, often occurring in adolescence but sometimes in adulthood, when a person seeks a clearer sense of self and an acceptable role in society.
- identity papers — law: legal documents
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
- in difficulties — in distress, esp. financially
- in mid-sentence — halfway through saying sth
- in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- in the hands of — under the control of
- in the midst of — amid, among
- in the old days — a long time ago
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- in-suite dining — In-suite dining in a hotel is when guests eat meals in their rooms.
- in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- inconsideration — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
- indefensibility — The quality or state of not being defensible.
- independentista — (especially in Latin America) a person who supports or works toward political independence, especially one supporting radical changes in an existing government or from an existing system of government.
- indeterministic — the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.
- indigestibility — The state of being indigestible.
- indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
- indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indistinctively — without distinctive characteristics.
- indistinguished — (archaic) indistinct.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- individualities — Plural form of individuality.