15-letter words containing n, o, d, e, c, l
- defence counsel — a barrister or group of barristers responsible for defending someone on trial
- deflection yoke — an assembly of one or more coils through which a controlled current is passed to produce a magnetic field for deflecting a beam of electrons, as in a picture tube.
- delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
- delmonico steak — club steak
- delta reduction — (theory) In lambda-calculus extended with constants, delta reduction replaces a function applied to the required number of arguments (a redex) by a result. E.g. plus 2 3 --> 5. In contrast with beta reduction (the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus) the result is not formed simply by textual substitution of arguments into the body of a function. Instead, a delta redex is matched against the left hand side of all delta rules and is replaced by the right hand side of the (first) matching rule. There is notionally one delta rule for each possible combination of function and arguments. Where this implies an infinite number of rules, the result is usually defined by reference to some external system such as mathematical addition or the hardware operations of some computer. For other types, all rules can be given explicitly, for example Boolean negation: not True = False not False = True (1997-02-20)
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- descriptionless — Without a description.
- desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- detective novel — a novel in which a detective tries to solve a crime
- dichlorobenzene — any of a group of three insoluble isomeric chemical compounds used in solvents, insecticides, and dyes
- dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
- dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
- direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- discovery inlet — an inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- 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.
- documentational — the use of documentary evidence.
- dolni vestonice — a camping site of Upper Paleolithic mammoth hunters c23,000 b.c. in southern Moravia, Czech Republic, characterized chiefly by Venus figures, ornaments of mammoth ivory, and animal figures of baked clay.
- 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.
- double concerto — a concerto for two solo instruments
- double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
- downward closed — closure
- duplicitousness — The state or condition of being duplicitous.
- 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
- elections judge — someone who oversees an election
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- encyclopaedical — Of or pertaining to encyclopaediae.
- encyclopedicity — The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
- endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
- endocrine gland — anatomy: hormone-secreting gland
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- endonucleolytic — relating to endonuclease
- epichlorohydrin — an organic compound used as a solvent in resin-making
- exclusion order — law: ban spouse from home
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
- florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
- food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
- forward echelon — (in a military operation) the troops and officers in a combat zone or in a position to engage the enemy.
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.