15-letter words containing i, n, s, t, y
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- cryoanaesthesia — Alternative spelling of cryoanesthesia.
- cryoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with the application of low-temperature behavior, especially superconductivity, to electronic devices.
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- crystallisation — (British) alternative spelling of crystallization.
- crystallization — Crystallization is the process in which crystals are formed either from something that has been melted or from a solution.
- current density — the ratio of the electric current flowing at a particular point in a conductor to the cross-sectional area of the conductor taken perpendicular to the current flow at that point. It is measured in amperes per square metre
- cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking) The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
- cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
- daylight saving — the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening.
- decision theory — the study of strategies for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty in such a way as to maximize the expected utility
- defect analysis — (programming) Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
- demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- dendrochemistry — (chemistry) the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times.
- density current — a turbid, dense current of sediments in suspension moving along the slope and bottom of a lake or ocean.
- deputy minister — (in Canada) the senior civil servant in a government department
- dionysius thrax — c100 b.c, Greek grammarian.
- disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- discontinuously — In a discontinuous manner; not continuously.
- discovery inlet — an inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
- dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
- disinflationary — (economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
- disinterestedly — unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee.
- dispassionately — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
- display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
- dispositionally — In a dispositional manner.
- disquisitionary — of or relating to a disquisition
- distance medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards (402 meters), the second runs 880 yards (805 meters), the third runs 1320 yards (1207 meters), and the fourth runs 1760 yards (1609 meters).
- distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- divinity school — a Protestant seminary.
- dorito syndrome — (humour) Feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictive substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome."
- dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
- dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dye sensitizing — the producing of panchromatic or orthochromatic film by treating it with an emulsion containing dyes that absorb light of all or certain colors.
- dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
- early christian — denoting or relating to the style of architecture that started in Italy in the 3rd century ad and spread through the Roman empire until the 5th century
- eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
- egyptian jasper — a type of jasper, generally with zones of colour, found in desert regions of Egypt
- electroanalysis — (physics, chemistry) Any of several electrochemical forms of analysis.
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethylene series — the homologous series of unsaturated hydrocarbons that contain one double bond and have the general formula, CnH2n; alkene series
- factor analysis — the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.