14-letter words containing d, m, i, n
- predeterminism — the belief that everything is predetermined
- prime meridian — the meridian running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned.
- printed matter — any of various kinds of printed material that qualifies for a special postal rate.
- procaine amide — a white, crystalline compound, C 1 3 H 2 1 ON 3 , used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
- promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- recommendation — an act of recommending.
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- remedilessness — the state or quality of being remediless or incapable of being restored or corrected
- residence time — Also called residence. Chemistry. the length of time a substance remains in the adsorbed, suspended, or dissolved state.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- right-hand man — an indispensable or invaluable assistant; right hand.
- saddam hussein — Also, Hosein, Husain. (al-Husayn) a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- school of mind — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the original unity of all things, to be grasped through the perfect attainment of jen.
- scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
- semi-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- sit-down money — social security benefits
- slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
- slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
- sodium nitrite — Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO 2 , soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
- solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
- space medicine — the branch of aviation medicine dealing with the effects on humans of flying outside the earth's atmosphere.
- spanish armada — Armada (def 1).
- spending money — money for small personal expenses.
- spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- state medicine — socialized medicine.