15-letter words containing d, r, i, p, l
- redfin pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
- rendering plant — a factory where waste products and livestock carcasses are converted into industrial fats and oils (such as tallow, used to make soap) and other products (such as fertilizer)
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- ridgefield park — a town in NE New Jersey.
- río de la plata — Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- riviere-du-loup — a city in SE Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- room-and-pillar — noting a means of extracting coal or other minerals from underground deposits by first cutting out rooms, then robbing the pillars between them; pillar-and-breast.
- rudyard kipling — (Joseph) Rudyard [ruhd-yerd] /ˈrʌd yərd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.
- scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
- second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
- seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
- self-prescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- sidereal period — the period of revolution of a body about another with respect to one or more distant stars
- slide projector — device for showing slides
- speller-divider — a reference book that lists words in alphabetical order to show spelling and syllabification.
- spratly islands — a widely-scattered group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the S South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims wholly or in part by six neighbouring nations
- spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
- spread-eagleism — boastfulness or bombast, especially in the display of patriotic or nationalistic pride in the U.S.; flag-waving.
- sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
- stilpnosiderite — a resinous variety of limonite with a black-brown colour
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- sulphur dioxide — a colourless soluble pungent gas produced by burning sulphur. It is both an oxidizing and a reducing agent and is used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, the preservation of a wide range of foodstuffs (E220), bleaching, and disinfecting. Formula: SO2
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- superindividual — greater than the individual
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- trading capital — the total amount of money available for buying assets
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
- udmurt republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the basin of the middle Kama. Capital: Izhevsk. Pop: 1 570 500 (2002). Area: 42 100 sq km (16 250 sq miles)
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- underprivileged — denied the enjoyment of the normal privileges or rights of a society because of low economic and social status.
- underpublicized — lacking publicity
- uninterruptedly — in a manner that is not broken, discontinued, or hindered
- unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
- windfall profit — a profit that arises thanks to an external event over which the person profiting had no control
- withdrawal slip — a small paper form which has to be filled in before making a withdrawal of money from a bank, building society, etc