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16-letter words containing s, d, e, r, o, t

  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
  • dressing station — a post or center that gives first aid to the wounded, located near a combat area.
  • drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • eastern orthodox — of or relating to the Orthodox Church.
  • ectoparasiticide — Any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.
  • electrodeposited — Deposited by electrodeposition.
  • endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
  • endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
  • endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
  • equidistribution — An equal distribution.
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • feme-sole trader — a married woman who is entitled to carry on business on her own account and responsibility, independently of her husband.
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • first-aid worker — someone who is trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
  • footsteps editor — the technician who adds sound effects, such as doors closing, rain falling, etc, during the postproduction sound-dubbing process
  • forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
  • forefathers' day — the anniversary of the day (December 21, 1620, in Old Style December 11) on which the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. Owing to an error in changing the date from the Old Style to the New, it is generally observed on December 22.
  • four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
  • friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
  • frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
  • gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
  • genetic disorder — disease caused by abnormal DNA
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
  • good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
  • grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
  • great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
  • ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
  • guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
  • hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
  • hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
  • hernando de soto — Hernando [her-nan-doh;; Spanish er-nahn-daw] /hərˈnæn doʊ;; Spanish ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), or Fernando [fer-nan-doh;; Spanish fer-nahn-daw] /fərˈnæn doʊ;; Spanish fɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), c1500–42, Spanish soldier and explorer in America.
  • hit one's stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.
  • horseradish tree — a tropical tree, Moringa pterygosperma, having fragrant white flowers and seeds yielding a commercially useful oil.
  • household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
  • hydrostatic head — The hydrostatic head is the vertical height of a column of fluid.
  • icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
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