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15-letter words containing d, y, a, i

  • endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
  • endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
  • eric s. raymond — (person)   One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
  • ethylenediamine — A viscous liquid used in making detergents and emulsifying agents.
  • eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
  • extended family — relatives
  • extradictionary — (obsolete) Consisting not of words but of realities.
  • extrajudicially — Outside of the legal system.
  • extraordinarily — In an extraordinary manner.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • faint-heartedly — nervously
  • fair-haired boy — having light-colored hair.
  • fairy godfather — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godfather.
  • fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
  • family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
  • federal holiday — a day which is a national holiday at the behest of the Federal Government
  • feynman diagram — a network of lines that represents a series of emissions and absorptions of elementary particles by other elementary particles, from which the probability of the series can be calculated.
  • fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
  • fiduciary issue — an issue of banknotes not backed by gold
  • field artillery — artillery mobile enough to accompany troops in the field.
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • fixed liability — a liability, as a mortgage or debenture, that will not mature for a relatively long time.
  • 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
  • flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
  • for a rainy day — If you say that you are saving something, especially money, for a rainy day, you mean that you are saving it until a time in the future when you might need it.
  • fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
  • gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
  • gender equality — the state of having the same rights, status, and opportunities as others, regardless of one's gender.
  • general holiday — a public holiday
  • glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
  • glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
  • glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
  • grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
  • gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
  • hard mint candy — a hardened mint-flavoured sweet
  • hardy perennial — a plant that lasts three seasons or more and that can withstand freezing temperatures
  • has had its day — If you say that something has had its day, you mean that the period during which it was most successful or popular has now passed.
  • have a nice day — pleasantry
  • hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
  • hazard analysis — risk assessment
  • head-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
  • heaviside layer — E layer.
  • hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
  • hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
  • henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
  • high and mighty — self-important, arrogant
  • high-and-mighty — haughty; arrogant.
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