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15-letter words containing s, t, e, y

  • cut your losses — If you cut your losses, you stop doing what you were doing in order to prevent the bad situation that you are in becoming worse.
  • cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking)   The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
  • cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
  • cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
  • cytophotometers — Plural form of cytophotometer.
  • daguerreotypist — an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
  • decision theory — the study of strategies for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty in such a way as to maximize the expected utility
  • decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
  • decorated style — a 14th-century style of English architecture characterized by the ogee arch, geometrical tracery, and floral decoration
  • defect analysis — (programming)   Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
  • delivery system — any means or process for conveying a product or service to a recipient.
  • delsarte system — a method of teaching drama and dancing based on the exercises of Alexandre Delsarte (1811–71), famous teacher at the Paris Conservatoire
  • demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
  • demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
  • dendrochemistry — (chemistry) the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times.
  • density current — a turbid, dense current of sediments in suspension moving along the slope and bottom of a lake or ocean.
  • dephosphorylate — to remove a phosphate group from (an organic compound)
  • deputy minister — (in Canada) the senior civil servant in a government department
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • 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
  • destructibility — The condition of being destructible.
  • detective story — a story in which a detective tries to solve a crime
  • dichotomous key — a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified
  • dimethylsulfide — Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfide.
  • disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
  • discovery inlet — an inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
  • discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
  • dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
  • disinterestedly — unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee.
  • dispassionately — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
  • disperse system — Also, dispersal. an act, state, or instance of dispersing or of being dispersed.
  • display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
  • disreputability — The state of being disreputable.
  • disrespectfully — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
  • 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).
  • domestic system — a manufacturing system whereby workers make products in their own homes with materials supplied by entrepreneurs.
  • dorito syndrome — (humour)   Feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictive substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome."
  • 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.
  • dry goods store — a shop selling textiles and haberdashery
  • dye sensitizing — the producing of panchromatic or orthochromatic film by treating it with an emulsion containing dyes that absorb light of all or certain colors.
  • dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
  • early christian — denoting or relating to the style of architecture that started in Italy in the 3rd century ad and spread through the Roman empire until the 5th century
  • early-type star — any massive hot star of spectral type O, B, or A
  • easy on the eye — pleasant to look at; attractive, esp sexually
  • eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
  • eddystone rocks — a dangerous group of rocks at the W end of the English Channel, southwest of Plymouth: lighthouse
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