15-letter words containing d, o, e, c, a, h
- kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
- lord chancellor — the highest judicial officer of the British crown: law adviser of the ministry, keeper of the great seal, presiding officer in the House of Lords, etc.
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- non-handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- on the decrease — decreasing
- orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- orthopaedic bed — a specially firm bed designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- overhead locker — a locker situated above someone's seat for storing luggage, etc
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
- perchloric acid — a colorless, syrupy hygroscopic liquid, HClO 4 , an acid of chlorine containing one more oxygen atom than chloric acid: used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
- photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
- pick and choose — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
- radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- robe-de-chambre — a dressing gown.
- round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
- sacred mushroom — any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, esp species of Psilocybe and Amanita, that have been eaten in rituals in various parts of the world
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- scared to death — terrified
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
- slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website
- socratic method — the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition.
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
- synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
- the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- thioacetic acid — a yellow, fuming, pungent liquid, C 2 H 4 SO, used as a reagent and tear gas.
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
- unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned