15-letter words containing d, i, s, p, l, e
- head-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.
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
- indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- kaleidoscopical — Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- middle palisade — a mountain of the Sierra Nevada in EC California, one of the Palisades Peaks in the Sierra Nevada 14,040 feet (4279 meters).
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- nil desperandum — never despair
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- 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.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
- operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- palais de danse — a dance hall
- paracel islands — a group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the N South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims by China and Vietnam
- paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
- paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
- pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
- phoenix islands — a group of eight coral islands in the central Pacific: administratively part of Kiribati. Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles). The islands and surrounding waters form the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the world's largest marine protected area. Area: 410 500 sq km (158 500 sq miles)
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- pleasant island — former name of Nauru.
- plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- prepresidential — describing the period before a person's rise to presidency
- president-elect — a president after election but before induction into office.
- prince's island — former name of Príncipe.
- printer's devil — devil (def 5).
- private soldier — A private soldier is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.