15-letter words containing d, s, i
- night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- nil desperandum — never despair
- nitriding steel — any steel suitable for casehardening by nitriding.
- nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
- non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
- non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-diminishing — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- non-disjunction — the failure of chromosomes to separate and segregate into daughter cells at division.
- non-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- non-residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- noncommissioned — not commissioned, applied especially to military officers, as sergeants and corporals, ranking below warrant officer.
- nonconsolidated — (financial) Including the financial data of only the parent company.
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- noninsecticidal — absent or free of insecticide
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- nonstandardized — Unstandardized.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- nursing studies — the study of nursing
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- obsidian dating — a method of dating obsidian artifacts or debitage by calculating how long it has taken to produce a given thickness of a hydration layer within such matter.
- obsidional coin — siege piece.
- occipitomastoid — (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones.
- odoriferousness — The quality of being odoriferous.
- oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- old-established — established for a long time
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
- one-dimensional — having one dimension only.
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
- operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
- opinionatedness — The state or condition of being opinionated.
- opposition hold — a particular way of holding rock in mountain-climbing
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- 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.
- organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.