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16-letter words containing h, a, e, d

  • dialysis machine — device: kidney treatment
  • diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
  • diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
  • diethyltoluamide — a liquid, C 12 H 17 NO, used as an insect repellent and resin solvent.
  • digital research — (company)   The company which developed CP/M, the operating system used on many of the first generation 8-bit microprocessor-based personal computers. Digital Research also produced DR-DOS. Address: Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
  • dihydroxyacetone — (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses.
  • dimethoxymethane — methylal.
  • dimethyl sulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
  • direct-mail shot — the posting of unsolicited sales literature to potential customers' homes or business addresses
  • director's chair — a lightweight folding armchair with transversely crossed legs and having a canvas seat and back panel, as traditionally used by motion-picture directors.
  • disenfranchising — Present participle of disenfranchise.
  • 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.
  • district heating — a heating system in which centrally generated heat is distributed via ducts and pipes to multiple buildings or locations
  • do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
  • dodecyl aldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
  • dolichocephalism — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
  • down at the heel — with the heels of one's shoes in need of repair
  • drainage channel — a channel along which drained water flows away
  • draught excluder — a device (such as a strip of wood, or a long cylindrical cushion) placed at the bottom of a door to keep out draughts
  • draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
  • dredging machine — dredge1 (def 1).
  • drogue parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
  • drop a bombshell — If someone drops a bombshell, they give you a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
  • drumhead cabbage — acommon type of cabbage with tightly packed leaves and a rounded form with a slightly flattened top
  • drumhead service — a religious service attended by members of a military unit while in the field
  • dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
  • duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
  • dunderheadedness — Stupidity.
  • dutch guinea pig — a breed of two-tone short-haired guinea pig
  • dutch new guinea — a former name of Irian Jaya.
  • earthly paradise — Bible: Garden of Eden
  • eastern orthodox — of or relating to the Orthodox Church.
  • eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
  • echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
  • echocardiography — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
  • edward the elder — died 924 ad, king of England (899–924), son of Alfred the Great
  • electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
  • english canadian — a Canadian citizen whose first language is English, esp one of English descent
  • enriched uranium — uranium in which the proportion of the fissile isotope U-235 has been increased to make it more fissile
  • ethernet address — (networking)   (Or "MAC address") The physical address identifying an individual Ethernet controller board. An Ethernet addess is a 48-bit number aabbccddeeff where a-f are hexadecimal digits. The first 24 bits, aabbcc, identify the manufacturer of the controller. The Ethernet address is hard-wired on some controllers, stored in a ROM on some, and others allow it to be changed from software. It is usually written as six hexadecimal numbers, e.g. 08:00:20:03:72:DC. See also ARP, Internet address.
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • exchange student — sb who studies abroad
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • exhumation order — a legal instruction to exhume a body
  • faintheartedness — The quality or state of being fainthearted.
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