15-letter words containing d, i, s, t, e
- in the midst of — amid, among
- in the old days — a long time ago
- in-suite dining — In-suite dining in a hotel is when guests eat meals in their rooms.
- 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.
- 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'.
- 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.
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
- industriousness — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
- insider trading — the illegal buying and selling of securities by persons acting on privileged information.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
- interstratified — Stratified with two alternating types of strata.
- inunderstanding — (obsolete) Devoid of understanding.
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- investment bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- it's early days — If you say about something that might be true that it is early days, you mean that it is too soon for you to be completely sure about it.
- ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- kidasa software — (company) A company which develops project management software for Microsoft Windows.
- kindergarteners — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindheartedness — The quality of being kindhearted.
- ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
- ladies'-tresses — any of a genus (Spiranthes) of wild orchids with small, white flowers arranged spirally on spikes
- laminated glass — Laminated glass is safety glass in which a transparent plastic film is placed between plates of glass.
- leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.