15-letter words containing n, i, e, t
- direct evidence — evidence of a witness who testifies to the truth of the fact to be proved (contrasted with circumstantial evidence).
- direct lighting — lighting in which most of the light is cast directly from the fixture or source to the illumined area.
- direct question — interrogative sentence
- direct taxation — Direct taxation is a system in which a government raises money by means of direct taxes.
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- disaffectionate — not affectionate
- disappointments — Plural form of disappointment.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- discontinuities — Plural form of discontinuity.
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- discountenanced — Simple past tense and past participle of discountenance.
- discountenances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discountenance.
- discovery inlet — an inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
- disentanglement — Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
- disentrancement — the act of setting free from a trance
- disestablishing — Present participle of disestablish.
- dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
- disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- disimprisonment — the act of disimprisoning
- disincentivized — Simple past tense and past participle of disincentivize.
- disincorporated — Simple past tense and past participle of disincorporate.
- disintegrations — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disinterestedly — unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee.
- disintermediate — (business, banking, finance) To carry out disintermediation.
- disk controller — (hardware, storage) (Or "hard disk controller", HDC) The circuit which allows the CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive. The most common disk controllers in use are IDE and SCSI controllers. Most home personal computers use IDE controllers. High end PCs, workstations and network file servers mostly have SCSI adaptors.
- disorientations — Plural form of disorientation.
- 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
- disproportioned — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
- 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).
- distance runner — a participant in distance races.
- distastefulness — The state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.
- distinctiveness — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
- distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distinguishment — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- 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).
- distressfulness — The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain.
- distrustfulness — The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust.
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- divertissements — Plural form of divertissement.
- 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 an injustice — If you say that someone has done you an injustice, you mean that they have been unfair in the way that they have judged you or treated you.
- do someone dirt — to do something vicious to someone
- do the business — to achieve what is required
- do the dirty on — to behave meanly or unkindly towards