15-letter words containing s, e, r, d
- elder statesman — experienced, respected figure
- electrodeposits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrodeposit.
- 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.
- embroidery silk — a silk thread used for embroidery
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- enteropeptidase — Enterokinase.
- entre-deux-mers — any wine produced in the area of the Gironde between the rivers Dordogne and Garonne in S France
- episodic memory — the recollection of events within their historical setting
- 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]>
- esprit de corps — military, sport: team spirit
- 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
- exaggeratedness — the quality of being exaggerated
- exclusion order — law: ban spouse from home
- expulsion order — a legal document ordering someone's expulsion
- extraordinaries — things that exceed the usual order, kind, or method
- fair and square — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
- false decretals — the Pseudo-Isidorian documents.
- featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
- federal reserve — In the United States, the Federal Reserve is the central banking system, which is responsible for setting policy on monetary matters such as money supply and interest rates.
- feeding grounds — the place where animals gather to find food
- ferrous sulfide — a dark or black metallic crystalline compound, FeS, insoluble in water, soluble in acids, used in ceramics and to generate hydrogen sulfide.
- fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
- fiduciary issue — an issue of banknotes not backed by gold
- fiesta de toros — a bullfight; corrida.
- file descriptor — (programming, operating system) An integer that identifies an open file within a process. This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. In many operating system implementations, file descriptors are small integers which index a table of open files. In Unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the standard input, standard output and standard error files respectively. See file descriptor leak.
- finders keepers — whoever finds something has the right to keep it
- first amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting Congress from interfering with freedom of religion, speech, assembly, or petition.
- 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.
- 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.
- fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
- fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
- flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
- flinders island — an island off the coast of NE Tasmania: the largest of the Furneaux Islands. Pop: 850 (2004 est). Area: 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)
- 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.
- floods of tears — If you say that someone was in floods of tears or in a flood of tears, you are emphasizing that they were crying with great intensity because they were very upset.
- food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
- food processing — transforming raw materials into food
- fool's paradise — a state of enjoyment based on false beliefs or hopes; a state of illusory happiness.
- forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
- forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
- 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
- foster daughter — a girl raised like one's own daughter, though not such by birth or adoption.
- four-poster bed — bed: post at each corner
- frederick soddy — Frederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel prize 1921.
- french dressing — salad dressing prepared chiefly from oil, vinegar, and seasonings.