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16-letter words containing e, n, d, i

  • dihydroxyacetone — (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses.
  • dimension lumber — building lumber cut to standard or specified sizes.
  • dimethoxymethane — methylal.
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • dinitrogen oxide — a colourless nonflammable slightly soluble gas with a sweet smell: used as an anaesthetic in dentistry and surgery. Formula: N 2O
  • dip one's toe in — to begin doing or try something new or unfamiliar
  • direct injection — Direct injection is a diesel engine injection system in which the fuel is injected directly into the engine cylinder.
  • direct marketing — marketing direct to the consumer, as by direct mail or coupon advertising.
  • direction cosine — the cosine of the angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
  • direction finder — a receiver with a loop antenna rotating on a vertical axis, used to ascertain the direction of incoming radio waves.
  • direction number — the component of a vector along a given line; any number proportional to the direction cosines of a given line.
  • director general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
  • director-general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
  • disaccreditation — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
  • disagreeableness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being disagreeable.
  • disappearing act — magic trick
  • disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
  • disconcertedness — The characteristic of being disconcerted.
  • disconnectedness — The characteristic of being disconnected.
  • disconsolateness — (uncountable) The state of being disconsolate; gloom.
  • discontentedness — The state or quality of being discontented.
  • discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
  • discourteousness — The state or quality of being discourteous.
  • disembarrassment — Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
  • disenfranchising — Present participle of disenfranchise.
  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disestablishment — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
  • disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
  • dishonorableness — The property of being dishonorable.
  • disincentivising — Present participle of disincentivise.
  • disingenuousness — The state or quality of being disingenuous.
  • dispersal prison — a prison organized and equipped to accommodate a proportion of the most dangerous and highest security risk prisoners
  • dispersing agent — a surface-active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent settling or clumping
  • displaced person — a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P.
  • displacement ton — a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater.
  • display terminal — Visual Display Unit
  • disproportionate — not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
  • disputatiousness — The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness.
  • disreputableness — The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability.
  • distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
  • distinguishments — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • district heating — a heating system in which centrally generated heat is distributed via ducts and pipes to multiple buildings or locations
  • diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
  • division algebra — a linear algebra in which each element of the vector space has a multiplicative inverse.
  • dneprodzerzhinsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
  • do business with — trade or deal with
  • do like a dinner — to do for, overpower, or outdo
  • do sth in person — If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
  • document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format
  • documentary film — factual, informative film
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