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15-letter words containing h, i, d, e, r

  • chinese crested — a small dog of a Chinese breed having long slender legs and a hairless body with hair only on the feet, head, and tail
  • chinese mustard — brown mustard.
  • chinless wonder — a person, esp an upper-class one, lacking strength of character
  • chorda tendinea — any of the tendons extending from the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves and preventing the valves from moving into the atria during ventricular contraction.
  • christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
  • chronic disease — long-term illness
  • cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
  • cineradiography — the filming of motion pictures through a fluoroscope or x-ray machine.
  • comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • counterweighted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweight.
  • credit-crunched — adversely affected by a credit crunch
  • crohn's disease — inflammation, thickening, and ulceration of any of various parts of the intestine, esp the ileum
  • crude oil berth — A crude oil berth is a place at a port for ships carrying crude oil.
  • daughter-in-law — Someone's daughter-in-law is the wife of their son.
  • de bruijn graph — (mathematics)   A class of graphs with elegant properties. De Bruijn graphs are especially easy to use for routing, with shifting of source and destination addresses.
  • dealer's choice — a card game, as poker, in which the dealer decides what particular game is to be played, often depending on the number of players, and designates any special variations or unusual rules, including setting the stakes.
  • decipherability — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • decision theory — the study of strategies for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty in such a way as to maximize the expected utility
  • deerfield beach — a town in S Florida.
  • dehydrogenating — Present participle of dehydrogenate.
  • dehydrogenation — to remove hydrogen from (a compound).
  • delivery charge — A delivery charge is the cost of transporting or delivering goods.
  • demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • dendrochemistry — (chemistry) the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times.
  • deoch-an-doruis — a parting drink or stirrup cup
  • derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
  • dermatophytosis — a fungal infection of the skin, esp the feet
  • desynchronizing — Present participle of desynchronize.
  • detached retina — a retina that is separated from the choroid layer of the eyeball to which it is normally attached, resulting in loss of vision in the affected part
  • deutsches reich — former German name of Germany.
  • diaheliotropism — the tendency among plants to respond to the light of the sun by orienting their leaves perpendicular to the sun's rays, such that the upper surface of the leaves receives maximum light
  • dichlorobenzene — any of a group of three insoluble isomeric chemical compounds used in solvents, insecticides, and dyes
  • dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
  • dichroic filter — an optical colour filter operating on the principle of wave interference between closely spaced reflecting surfaces, rather than by colour absorption
  • diphenhydramine — a white, crystalline, antihistaminic compound, C 17 H 21 NO, used orally, topically, and parenterally, especially for allergies.
  • direct lighting — lighting in which most of the light is cast directly from the fixture or source to the illumined area.
  • disenfranchised — to disfranchise.
  • disenfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenfranchise.
  • dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
  • dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
  • dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
  • do the dirty on — to behave meanly or unkindly towards
  • do your head in — If something or someone does your head in, they make you angry or frustrated.
  • doctoral thesis — a thesis written as part of a doctorate
  • dolphin striker — a short vertical strut between the bowsprit and a rope or cable (martingale) from the end of the jib boom to the stem or bows, used for maintaining tension and preventing upward movement of the jib boom
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
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