15-letter words containing i, d, e, a, t, o
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
- to have it made — If you say that someone has it made or has got it made, you mean that they are certain to be rich or successful.
- to hit the road — If you hit the road, you set out on a journey.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
- trapdoor spider — any of various, often large, spiders (esp. family Ctenizidae) that dig a burrow and cover the entrance with a hinged lid like a trapdoor
- trial and error — experimentation or investigation in which various methods or means are tried and faulty ones eliminated in order to find the correct solution or to achieve the desired result or effect.
- trojan asteroid — one of a number of asteroids that have the same mean motion and orbit as Jupiter, preceding or following the planet by a longitude of 60°
- truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
- turnaround time — the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- un-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- under-education — to educate too little or poorly.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- unextraordinary — beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
- unindoctrinated — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
- venetian window — Palladian window.
- voice-activated — (of a telephone answering machine or other device) operationally responsive to a human voice.
- volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
- voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
- wage indexation — the linking of wages to an index representing the cost of living, so that they are automatically adjusted up or down as that rises or falls
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wind-pollinated — being pollinated by airborne pollen.
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- with one accord — If a number of people do something with one accord, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done.
- world-wide wait — (humour) A pejorative expansion of WWW reflecting on the slowness of some network connections and sites.