16-letter words containing d, r, o, s, t, e
- indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
- induction course — training for new job
- induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.
- information desk — helpdesk, information point
- informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
- inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interdimensional — Between dimensions.
- intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
- isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- jude the obscure — a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy.
- kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
- level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
- lloyd's register — a publication, issued annually by Lloyd's, consisting of a list of all of the world's seagoing vessels and including such information as their age, tonnage, and classification.
- lonely hearts ad — an advertisement placed by someone who is trying to find a lover or a friend
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
- modern synthesis — a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
- mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
- network database — (database) A kind of database management system in which each record type can have multiple owners, e.g. orders are owned by both customers and products. This contrasts with a hierarchical database (one owner) or relational database (no explicit owner).
- nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
- non-standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
- odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
- odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
- off-the-shoulder — not covering the shoulder
- on your doorstep — If a place is on your doorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happens on your doorstep, it happens very close to where you live.
- osmium tetroxide — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
- otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
- outside director — a director of a company who is not employed by that company but is often employed by a holding or associated company
- over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- personal details — details about a person such as their name and address
- petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old
- picture postcard — postcard (def 1).
- pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
- portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
- posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
- postcode lottery — a situation in which the standard of medical care, education, etc, received by the public varies from area to area, depending on the funding policies of various health boards, local authorities, etc
- predispositional — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
- prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
- prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.