15-letter words containing n, e, t, l, d
- dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
- double concerto — a concerto for two solo instruments
- double entendre — a double meaning.
- double genitive — a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father's in He is a friend of father's.
- 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 knitting — a widely used medium thickness of knitting wool
- double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- double printing — the exposure of the same positive photographic emulsion to two or more negatives, resulting in the superimposition of multiple images after development
- double standard — any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (def 1).
- double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
- double-entendre — a double meaning.
- doublet pattern — a pattern, as on a fabric, in which a figure or group is duplicated in reverse order on the opposite side of a centerline.
- down the middle — If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups.
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- drilling jacket — A drilling jacket is a small steel platform used for drilling wells in shallow and calm water.
- dropping bottle — a bottle with correlated lengthwise grooves in the neck and in the stopper, permitting a controlled flow of the liquid contents in the form of drops.
- duelling pistol — one of a pair of identical pistols made specifically for use in duels
- duplex printing — a feature of some printers allowing them automatically to do double-sided printing
- duplicitousness — The state or condition of being duplicitous.
- east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- easter islander — a native or inhabitant of Easter Island
- 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
- eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
- edriophthalmian — edriophthalmous
- elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
- elder statesman — experienced, respected figure
- elections judge — someone who oversees an election
- electric needle — a surgical instrument for cutting tissue by the application of a high-frequency current
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- eleventh-grader — a student in the eleventh grade of high school
- encyclopedicity — The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- endonucleolytic — relating to endonuclease
- ennerdale water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
- ethylenediamine — A viscous liquid used in making detergents and emulsifying agents.
- extended family — relatives
- extended pascal — A superset of ANSI and ISO Pascal with many enhancements, including modules, separate compilation, type schemata, variable-length strings, direct-access files, complex numbers, initial values, constant expressions. ANSI/IEEE770X3.160-1989 and ISO 10206.
- external degree — a degree gained by a student who studies extramurally
- extraordinarily — In an extraordinary manner.
- faint-heartedly — nervously
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- field intensity — the vector sum of all forces exerted by a field on a unit mass, unit charge, unit magnetic pole, etc., at a given point within the field.
- field woundwort — the plant Stachys arvensis
- flame retardant — a compound used in cloth and plastic material to raise the ignition point of the material, thus making it resistant to fire.
- flame-retardant — Flame-retardant is the same as fire-retardant.
- flannel-mouthed — speaking thickly, as if one's mouth were full of flannel
- flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).