15-letter words containing d, r, y
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- medullary canal — the central area of a bone, containing marrow
- methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
- michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
- microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
- midsummer's day — Midsummer's Day or Midsummer Day is the 24th of June.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
- modal auxiliary — Grammar. any of the group of English auxiliary verbs, including can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must, that are used with the base form of another verb to express distinctions of mood.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
- neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- nizhny novgorod — city in central European Russia, at the Volga & Oka rivers: pop. 1,438,000
- non-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- odontorhynchous — (of birds) having toothlike ridges inside the beak
- old boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
- old-boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- orangeman's day — the 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
- orangemen's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
- orderly officer — Military. officer of the day, as in the British army or, formerly, in the U.S. Army.
- ordinary degree — a university degree without honours
- ordinary income — taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.
- ordinary rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army
- ordinary seaman — a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. Abbreviation: O.D., O.S., o.s.
- ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- outward journey — a journey leaving for a particular destination (as opposed top one returning home)
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
- oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
- palindromically — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- paracetaldehyde — paraldehyde.
- paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
- paternity order — a court order which declares a child's paternity
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- phenazopyridine — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used as a lower urinary tract analgesic.