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15-letter words containing s, a, d, i, t, c

  • disintoxication — detoxification (def 4).
  • disjecta membra — scattered fragments, esp parts taken from a writing or writings
  • display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
  • dissatisfaction — the state or attitude of not being satisfied; discontent; displeasure.
  • dissatisfactory — causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
  • 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.
  • distractibility — inability to sustain one's attention or attentiveness, which is rapidly diverted from one topic to another: a symptom of a variety of mental disorders, as manic disorder, schizophrenia, or anxiety states.
  • distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
  • dithionous acid — an unstable dibasic acid known only in solution and in the form of dithionite salts. It is a powerful reducing agent. Formula: H2S2O4
  • diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
  • 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.
  • docking station — device: charger
  • doctoral thesis — a thesis written as part of a doctorate
  • 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.
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
  • dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
  • dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
  • dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
  • east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • eastern sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in eastern and central Africa and including the Nilotic languages.
  • echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
  • edict of nantes — a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
  • 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
  • electrodialyses — Plural form of electrodialysis.
  • electrodialysis — Dialysis in which the movement of ions is aided by an electric field applied across the semipermeable membrane.
  • electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • fast-food chain — a chain of restaurants serving fast food
  • featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • grand staircase — a large and impressive staircase
  • guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
  • heteroscedastic — (of several distributions) having different variances
  • holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
  • hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
  • hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
  • hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
  • identical twins — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
  • identifications — Plural form of identification.
  • idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
  • impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
  • inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
  • inconsideration — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
  • indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
  • individualistic — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
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