15-letter words containing d, i, s, p, r
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- 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.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
- nil desperandum — never despair
- non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- paid-in surplus — surplus paid in by purchasers of stock certificates sold at a premium.
- panzer division — an armored division of the German army, especially in World War II, consisting chiefly of tanks and organized for making rapid attacks.
- 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.
- pars intermedia — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
- pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
- phosphoric acid — any of three acids, orthophosphoric acid, H 3 PO 4 , metaphosphoric acid, HPO 3 , or pyrophosphoric acid, H 4 P 2 O 7 , derived from phosphorus pentoxide, P 2 O 5 , and various amounts of water.
- piero di cosimo — Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- pitcairn island — a small British island in the S Pacific, SE of Tuamotu Archipelago: settled 1790 by mutineers of the Bounty. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- polish corridor — a strip of land near the mouth of the Vistula River: formerly separated Germany from East Prussia; given to Poland in the Treaty of Versailles 1919 to provide it with access to the Baltic.
- post-depression — the act of depressing.
- post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- post-production — In film and television, post-production is the work such as editing that takes place after the film has been shot.
- post-tridentine — of or relating to the city of Trent.