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15-letter words containing n, o, t, u, r

  • direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
  • direct question — interrogative sentence
  • disarticulation — The act of disarticulating.
  • discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
  • discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
  • disquisitionary — of or relating to a disquisition
  • 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
  • domain maturity — (systems analysis)   The level of stability and depth of understanding that has been achieved in an area for which applications are developed.
  • 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/.
  • domitae naturae — (of animals) tamed or domesticated (distinguished from ferae naturae).
  • double concerto — a concerto for two solo instruments
  • double entendre — a double meaning.
  • 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 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-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.
  • dougherty wagon — a horse- or mule-drawn passenger wagon having doors on the side, transverse seats, and canvas sides that can be rolled down.
  • draughtproofing — Present participle of draughtproof.
  • drawing account — an account used by a partner or employee for cash withdrawals.
  • drinking trough — a narrow open container in which water for animals is put
  • drying-up cloth — a tea towel
  • durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
  • dynamic routing — (networking)   (Or "adaptive routing") Routing that adjusts automatically to network topology or traffic changes.
  • echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
  • 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
  • electrocutioner — A person who carries out an execution by means of electricity.
  • electropuncture — a therapy in which a small electric current is passed through the body via electrodes placed on the skin
  • eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
  • enantiomorphous — Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic.
  • encounter group — a group of people who meet in order to develop self-awareness and mutual understanding by openly expressing their feelings, by confrontation, physical contact, etc
  • enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
  • excrementitious — Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
  • excursion train — a train that is laid on for a special occasion such as a sports or cultural event
  • extreme unction — Catholicism: last rites
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • fault tolerance — (architecture)   1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. The number of faults a system or component can withstand before normal operation is impaired.
  • fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
  • field woundwort — the plant Stachys arvensis
  • fission product — a nuclide produced either directly by nuclear fission or by the radioactive decay of such a nuclide
  • flapping router — (networking)   A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
  • flirtatiousness — The quality of being flirtatious.
  • florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
  • fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
  • fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
  • food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
  • football ground — an area of land where football games are played
  • forbidden fruit — the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, tasted by Adam and Eve against God's prohibition. Gen. 2:17; 3:3.
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