15-letter words containing d, i, s, u, a
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- louis d'orleans — Louis Philippe Joseph [lwee fee-leep zhaw-zef] /lwi fiˈlip ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), Duc (Philippe Égalité) 1747–93, French political leader.
- magnesium oxide — magnesia.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- marburg disease — a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys.
- 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.
- medical student — trainee doctor
- medical studies — a course of study leading to qualification as a doctor of medicine
- medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
- mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- midsummer's day — Midsummer's Day or Midsummer Day is the 24th of June.
- miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
- narcotics squad — a department of the police which investigates crimes concerning illegal drugs
- neurodermatitis — W Lichen simplex chronicus, a skin disorder characterized by chronic itching and scratching, resulting in thick, leathery, brownish skin.
- neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
- nil desperandum — never despair
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- 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.
- outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
- outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- paid-in surplus — surplus paid in by purchasers of stock certificates sold at a premium.
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
- 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.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
- primordial soup — the seas and atmosphere as they existed on earth before the existence of life, consisting primarily of an oxygen-free gaseous mixture containing chiefly water, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- pseudo-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
- pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.