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15-letter words containing s, o, a, r, i

  • depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
  • dermatomyositis — a chronic medical condition characterized by inflammation of muscles (myositis), accompanied by a skin rash
  • dermatophytosis — a fungal infection of the skin, esp the feet
  • desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
  • deserialization — The act or process of deserializing.
  • desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
  • dextrosinistral — left-handed, but having the right hand trained for writing.
  • diaheliotropism — the tendency among plants to respond to the light of the sun by orienting their leaves perpendicular to the sun's rays, such that the upper surface of the leaves receives maximum light
  • diaphototropism — growth of a plant or plant part in a direction transverse to that of the light
  • diastereoisomer — a type of isomer that differs in the spatial arrangement of atoms in the molecule, but is not a mirror image; a stereoisomer that is not an enantiomer
  • diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
  • dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
  • differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
  • diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
  • dionysius thrax — c100 b.c, Greek grammarian.
  • disarticulation — The act of disarticulating.
  • disconfirmation — to prove to be invalid.
  • discoordination — Impaired coordination.
  • discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
  • discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • discriminations — Plural form of discrimination.
  • dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
  • disincorporated — Simple past tense and past participle of disincorporate.
  • disinflationary — (economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
  • disintegrations — the act or process of disintegrating.
  • disorganisation — Alternative spelling of disorganization.
  • disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
  • disorientations — Plural form of disorientation.
  • disproportional — not in proportion; disproportionate.
  • disquisitionary — of or relating to a disquisition
  • dissatisfactory — causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
  • distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
  • diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
  • doctoral thesis — a thesis written as part of a doctorate
  • 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/.
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
  • dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
  • dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
  • double in brass — 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.
  • dysmorphophobia — an obsessive fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so
  • dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
  • early admission — a plan for admission to colleges in the US, in which students apply to colleges earlier in the year than is customary and receive their results earlier too
  • east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • eating disorder — any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.
  • echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
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