15-letter words containing o, d, u, r
- 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 jeopardy — the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished.
- double or quits — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- 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-barreled — having two barrels mounted side by side, as a shotgun.
- double-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) overlapping sufficiently in front to allow for two rows of buttons.
- 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.
- draft-mule work — drudgery
- draughtproofing — Present participle of draughtproof.
- draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
- 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
- drive-up window — a window through which customers are served at a drive-through facility.
- droste-hulshoff — Annette Elisabeth Freiin von [ah-net-uh ey-lee-zah-bet frahy-in fuh n] /ɑˈnɛt ə eɪˈli zɑˌbɛt ˈfraɪ ɪn fən/ (Show IPA), 1797–1848, German poet.
- drying-up cloth — a tea towel
- durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
- duty to retreat — a legal principle that requires a person as a first response to back away or flee from a threatening situation rather than attempt self-defense by deadly force: Duty to retreat has always been a debatable doctrine.
- dyer's woodruff — a European plant, Asperula tinctoria, of the madder family, having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots.
- dynamic routing — (networking) (Or "adaptive routing") Routing that adjusts automatically to network topology or traffic changes.
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- edmund randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- 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
- eleutherodactyl — (of a bird) having the hind toe free
- 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.
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- eureka stockade — a violent incident in Ballarat, Australia, in 1854 between gold miners and the military, as a result of which the miners won their democratic rights in the state parliament
- eurocheque card — a card that must be shown along with Eurocheques when using them to pay for goods or services. Eurocheque cards were withdrawn in 2002
- exclusion order — law: ban spouse from home
- executive board — administrative committee
- executive order — An executive order is a regulation issued by a member of the executive branch of government. It has the same authority as a law.
- expulsion order — a legal document ordering someone's expulsion
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- feeding grounds — the place where animals gather to find food
- ferromolybdenum — a ferroalloy containing up to 60 percent molybdenum.
- ferrous sulfide — a dark or black metallic crystalline compound, FeS, insoluble in water, soluble in acids, used in ceramics and to generate hydrogen sulfide.
- field of honour — the place or scene of a battle or duel, esp of jousting tournaments in medieval times
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.