15-letter words containing n, o, s, d
- east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
- eat one's words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- eating disorder — any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
- eddystone rocks — a dangerous group of rocks at the W end of the English Channel, southwest of Plymouth: lighthouse
- edict of nantes — a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- editio princeps — first edition.
- effort syndrome — an anxiety reaction characterized by quick fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and other cardiac symptoms, but not caused by disease of the heart.
- effort-syndrome — an anxiety reaction characterized by quick fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and other cardiac symptoms, but not caused by disease of the heart.
- 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.
- endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
- enteropeptidase — Enterokinase.
- epsilon squared — (jargon) A quantity even smaller than epsilon, as small in comparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal; completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for a million dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal to go with it is epsilon, and the cost of the ten-dollar cable to connect them is epsilon squared. Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
- eric s. raymond — (person) One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
- exclusion order — law: ban spouse from home
- expeditiousness — The state of being expeditious; celerity, rapidity or speed.
- expulsion order — a legal document ordering someone's expulsion
- extraordinaries — things that exceed the usual order, kind, or method
- family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
- fashion-forward — relating to, anticipating, or reflecting the most up-to-date fashion trends
- fast-food chain — a chain of restaurants serving fast food
- feeding grounds — the place where animals gather to find food
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- field of vision — the entire view encompassed by the eye when it is trained in any particular direction.
- fifth dimension — a theoretical dimension beyond or in addition to a fourth dimension.
- find one's feet — to become capable or confident, as in a new job
- first responder — a person who is certified to provide medical care in emergencies before more highly trained medical personnel arrive on the scene: a firefighter trained as a first responder.
- fission product — a nuclide produced either directly by nuclear fission or by the radioactive decay of such a nuclide
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
- floating island — a dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it.
- 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.
- fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
- fob destination — FOB destination is a shipping term indicating that ownership of goods passes at delivery to their destination, and the seller has total responsibility until then.
- food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
- food processing — transforming raw materials into food
- food supplement — a substance designed to make up for a deficiency in one's diet
- foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forest of arden — a region of N Warwickshire, part of a former forest: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It
- foundationalism — (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs.
- frozen shoulder — joint stiffness at top of arm
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- gallant soldier — a South American plant, Galinsoga parviflora, widely distributed as a weed, having small daisy-like flowers surrounded by silvery scales: family Asteraceae (composites)