15-letter words containing m, e, n, d
- determinability — the quality of being determinable
- determinateness — The state or quality of being determinate.
- deus ex machina — (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot
- deuteranomalous — having deuteranomaly; relating to deuteranomaly
- deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
- developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- diamine oxidase — an enzyme, occurring in the digestive system, that inactivates histamine by removal of its amino group
- diamond jubilee — A diamond jubilee is the sixtieth anniversary of an important event.
- diamond wedding — the 60th, or occasionally the 75th, anniversary of a marriage
- dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
- dichotomousness — the quality of being dichotomous
- dimension stone — quarried and squared stone 2 feet (0.6 meters) or more in length and width and of specified thickness.
- dimethylaniline — a very toxic oily liquid used in industry to harden certain synthetic resins and as a solvent
- dimethylbenzene — xylene.
- dimethylmethane — propane.
- diomede islands — two small islands in the Bering Strait, separated by the international date line and by the boundary line between the US and Russia
- diphenhydramine — a white, crystalline, antihistaminic compound, C 17 H 21 NO, used orally, topically, and parenterally, especially for allergies.
- disappointments — Plural form of disappointment.
- discommissioned — Simple past tense and past participle of discommission.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- disembarrassing — Present participle of disembarrass.
- disentanglement — Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
- disentrancement — the act of setting free from a trance
- disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- disimprisonment — the act of disimprisoning
- disintermediate — (business, banking, finance) To carry out disintermediation.
- 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).
- distinguishment — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- divertissements — Plural form of divertissement.
- do one's number — a numeral or group of numerals.
- do someone dirt — to do something vicious to someone
- document reader — a device that reads and inputs into a computer marks and characters on a special form, as by optical or magnetic character recognition
- documentational — the use of documentary evidence.
- 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/.
- domestic animal — an animal, as the horse or cat, that has been tamed and kept by humans as a work animal, food source, or pet, especially a member of those species that have, through selective breeding, become notably different from their wild ancestors.
- domitae naturae — (of animals) tamed or domesticated (distinguished from ferae naturae).
- doomsday weapon — any weapon of extreme lethal or destructive power; superweapon
- 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."
- down the middle — If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups.
- down's syndrome — a genetic disorder, associated with the presence of an extra chromosome 21, characterized by mild to severe mental impairment, weak muscle tone, shorter stature, and a flattened facial profile.
- dumbbell nebula — the planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, which in photographs appears to have the shape of a dumbbell.
- dumpster diving — the practice of foraging in garbage that has been put out on the street in dumpsters, garbage cans, etc., for discarded items that may still be valuable, useful, or fixable.
- durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
- dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
- early admission — a plan for admission to colleges in the US, in which students apply to colleges earlier in the year than is customary and receive their results earlier too
- east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- eddington limit — the theoretical upper limit of luminosity that a star of a given mass can reach; occurs when the outward force of the radiation just balances the inward gravitational force