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15-letter words containing d, o, l, u, s

  • disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
  • domain calculus — (database)   A form of relational calculus in which scalar variables take values drawn from a given domain. Examples of the domain calculus are ILL, FQL, DEDUCE and the well known Query By Example (QBE). INGRES is a relational DBMS whose DML is based on the relational calculus.
  • dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
  • double exposure — the act of exposing the same film, frame, plate, etc., twice.
  • double in brass — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • double or quits — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
  • double standard — any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (def 1).
  • double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
  • double-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) overlapping sufficiently in front to allow for two rows of buttons.
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • droste-hulshoff — Annette Elisabeth Freiin von [ah-net-uh ey-lee-zah-bet frahy-in fuh n] /ɑˈnɛt ə eɪˈli zɑˌbɛt ˈfraɪ ɪn fən/ (Show IPA), 1797–1848, German poet.
  • dual admissions — a system whereby students attaining less good marks than what is required are offered a place provided they successfully complete another course first to improve some aspect of their work
  • duelling pistol — one of a pair of identical pistols made specifically for use in duels
  • duplicitousness — The state or condition of being duplicitous.
  • dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
  • elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
  • elections judge — someone who oversees an election
  • english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
  • epsilon squared — (jargon)   A quantity even smaller than epsilon, as small in comparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal; completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for a million dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal to go with it is epsilon, and the cost of the ten-dollar cable to connect them is epsilon squared. Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
  • exclusion order — law: ban spouse from home
  • expulsion order — a legal document ordering someone's expulsion
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • ferrous sulfide — a dark or black metallic crystalline compound, FeS, insoluble in water, soluble in acids, used in ceramics and to generate hydrogen sulfide.
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
  • fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
  • follow-up study — a second study made as a follow-up to an initial study
  • food supplement — a substance designed to make up for a deficiency in one's diet
  • foundationalism — (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs.
  • frozen shoulder — joint stiffness at top of arm
  • fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
  • globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
  • glucocorticoids — Plural form of glucocorticoid.
  • graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
  • ground squirrel — any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias. circ;circ;
  • guild socialism — a form of socialism developed in England in the 20th century, emphasizing decentralization of industry and services with control to be vested in autonomous guilds of workers.
  • half-understood — partially understood
  • hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
  • hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
  • heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
  • homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
  • horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
  • household goods — kitchenware and other utensils for use in the home
  • household linen — items made of cloth, such as tablecloths, sheets, and pillowcases, that are used in the home
  • hundred flowers — the 1957 political campaign in the People's Republic of China to encourage greater freedom of intellectual expression, initiated by Mao Zedong under the slogan “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.”.
  • hydrosulphurous — relating to or derived from hydrosulphurous acid
  • in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
  • incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
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