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16-letter words containing h, a, n, d, s

  • dagwood sandwich — a thick sandwich filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, dressings, and condiments.
  • dandruff shampoo — a preparation of soap or detergent used to wash the hair and which helps to control and reduce dandruff
  • darwin's finches — the finches of the subfamily Geospizinae of the Galapagos Islands, showing great variation in bill structure and feeding habits: provided Darwin with evidence to support his theory of evolution
  • data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
  • database machine — (hardware)   A computer or special hardware that stores and retrieves data from a database. It is specially designed for database access and is coupled to the main (front-end) computer(s) by a high-speed channel. This contrasts with a database server, which is a computer in a local area network that holds a database. The database machine is tightly coupled to the main CPU, whereas the database server is loosely coupled via the network.
  • dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
  • dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
  • deep in the past — long ago
  • deep-sea fishing — the activity of catching fish that live in the deep parts of the sea
  • dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
  • devonshire cream — clotted cream.
  • dialysis machine — device: kidney treatment
  • diphthongisation — The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).
  • discharging arch — an arch for taking some of the weight from a structural member beneath it.
  • 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
  • drunkard's chair — a low, deep armchair of the 18th century.
  • dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
  • dunderheadedness — Stupidity.
  • eastern orthodox — of or relating to the Orthodox Church.
  • eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
  • english canadian — a Canadian citizen whose first language is English, esp one of English descent
  • 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.
  • faintheartedness — The quality or state of being fainthearted.
  • false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two-lipped, pink or white flowers.
  • fantail goldfish — an artificially bred, hardy variety of goldfish, usually oval-shaped and deep orange or calico, with a deeply cleft, four-lobed tail held in line with the body.
  • farquhar islands — an island group in the Indian Ocean: administratively part of the Seychelles
  • fashion designer — creator of clothing designs
  • fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
  • fisherman's bend — a knot made by taking a round turn on the object to which the rope is to be fastened, passing the end of the rope around the standing part and under the round turn, and securing the end.
  • fishskin disease — ichthyosis
  • 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
  • ft share indexes — any of a number of share indexes published by the Financial Times to reflect various aspects of stock exchange prices
  • gadsden purchase — a tract of 45,535 sq. mi. (117,935 sq. km), now contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden.
  • 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.
  • glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
  • go to one's head — If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
  • golden handcuffs — payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job
  • golden handshake — a special incentive, as generous severance pay, given to an older employee as an inducement to elect early retirement.
  • good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
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