15-letter words containing i, r
- disproportional — not in proportion; disproportionate.
- disproportioned — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
- disquisitionary — of or relating to a disquisition
- disreputability — The state of being disreputable.
- disrespectfully — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- dissatisfactory — causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
- dissimilarities — Plural form of dissimilarity.
- distance runner — a participant in distance races.
- distilled water — water from which impurities, as dissolved salts and colloidal particles, have been removed by one or more processes of distillation; chemically pure water.
- distractibility — inability to sustain one's attention or attentiveness, which is rapidly diverted from one topic to another: a symptom of a variety of mental disorders, as manic disorder, schizophrenia, or anxiety states.
- distress rocket — a rocket fired from a ship to warn others nearby that it is in distress
- distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
- distressed area — a region so severely damaged by a flood, hurricane, or other natural catastrophe that its inhabitants need food, clothing, shelter, and economic aid from national charities or the federal government.
- distressfulness — The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain.
- distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
- distributorship — a franchise held by a distributor.
- distrustfulness — The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust.
- disulfuric acid — pyrosulfuric acid
- dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
- dithyrambically — In dithyrambic fashion.
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- divertissements — Plural form of divertissement.
- divide and rule — You use divide and rule to refer to a policy which is intended to keep someone in a position of power by causing disagreements between people who might otherwise unite against them.
- dixiecrat party — States' Rights Democratic Party.
- dna fingerprint — the use of a DNA probe for the identification of an individual, as for the matching of genes from a forensic sample with those of a criminal suspect.
- do someone dirt — to do something vicious to someone
- 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.
- doctor's office — doctor's surgery
- doctoral thesis — a thesis written as part of a doctorate
- dolomite marble — coarse-grained dolomite.
- 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
- domain maturity — (systems analysis) The level of stability and depth of understanding that has been achieved in an area for which applications are developed.
- domain squatter — (web) An unscrupulous person who registers a domain name in the hope of selling it to the rightful, expected owner at a profit. E.g. http://foldoc.com/.
- dominical altar — a high altar.
- domitae naturae — (of animals) tamed or domesticated (distinguished from ferae naturae).
- donnybrook fair — a fair which until 1855 was held annually at Donnybrook, County Dublin, Ireland, and which was famous for rioting and dissipation.
- 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."
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- 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.
- double in brass — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- double or quits — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double printing — the exposure of the same positive photographic emulsion to two or more negatives, resulting in the superimposition of multiple images after development
- dramaturgically — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- draughtproofing — Present participle of draughtproof.
- draughtsmanship — (British) alternative spelling of draftsmanship.
- drawing account — an account used by a partner or employee for cash withdrawals.
- dressed to kill — woman: in stylish clothes