16-letter words containing e, n, d, o, r, s
- do oneself proud — to do extremely well
- do sth in person — If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
- do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
- domestic partner — either member of an unmarried, cohabiting, and especially homosexual couple that seeks benefits usually available only to spouses.
- domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
- dorr's rebellion — an insurrection in Rhode Island (1842) that grew out of dissatisfaction with the existing state constitution, which restricted suffrage to landholders or their eldest sons.
- double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
- double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- dree one's weird — to endure one's fate
- dressing station — a post or center that gives first aid to the wounded, located near a combat area.
- dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
- duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
- dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
- eastern orthodox — of or relating to the Orthodox Church.
- edsel ford range — a mountain range in Antarctica, E of the Ross Sea.
- endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
- endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
- endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
- equidistribution — An equal distribution.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
- extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
- false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two-lipped, pink or white flowers.
- fashion designer — creator of clothing designs
- feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
- fend for oneself — to manage by oneself; get along without help
- ferdinand marcos — Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- ferruginous duck — a common European duck, Aythyra nyroca, having reddish-brown plumage with white wing bars
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
- forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
- force one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- founders' shares — shares awarded to the founders of a company and often granting special privileges
- four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
- fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
- francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- franz josef land — an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, E of Spitzbergen and N of Novaya Zemlya: belongs to the Russian Federation.
- friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
- frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
- gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
- gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
- gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
- genetic disorder — disease caused by abnormal DNA
- geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- gird one's loins — Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- golden horseshoe — the urban and agricultural area surrounding Toronto.
- good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
- governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.