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15-letter words containing d, y, e, r, s, o

  • gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
  • gross indecency — sexual offence
  • hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
  • heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
  • hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
  • hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
  • hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
  • in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
  • inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
  • indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
  • insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
  • keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
  • keynote address — a speech, as at a political convention, that presents important issues, principles, policies, etc.
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • lesser dionysia — (in ancient Attica) the wine feasts, processions, and dramatic performances composing one of the festivals honoring Dionysus, held in the middle of December.
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
  • marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
  • polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
  • pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
  • pseudoparalysis — the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • reserved memory — (storage)   The address range 640-1024 kilobytes on an IBM PC, reserved for BIOS, video cards, and add-on cards. Depending on the configuration some of the address space may be unused in which case it can be used by EMS or UMB.
  • reye's syndrome — an uncommon, severe disorder occurring primarily in children after a viral illness, as influenza or chickenpox, and associated with aspirin usage, involving swelling of the brain and liver and affecting other organs: symptoms include fever, projectile vomiting, confusion, and, sometimes, respiratory arrest.
  • reynolds number — a dimensionless number, vρl/η, where v is the fluid velocity, ρ the density, η the viscosity and l a dimension of the system. The value of the number indicates the type of fluid flow
  • ross dependency — a territory in Antarctica, including Ross Island, the coasts along the Ross Sea, and adjacent islands: a dependency of New Zealand. About 175,000 sq. mi. (453,250 sq. km).
  • ruddy turnstone — a common shorebird, Arenaria interpres, of the New and Old World arctic, wintering south to southern South America and Australia and having striking reddish-brown, black, and white plumage.
  • say a few words — to give a brief speech
  • secondary cause — a cause which is not the primary or ultimate cause
  • secondary color — a color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
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