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15-letter words containing t, h, e, d, i, n

  • in at the death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
  • in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
  • in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
  • in the hands of — under the control of
  • in the midst of — amid, among
  • in the old days — a long time ago
  • indian elephant — See under elephant.
  • indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
  • indistinguished — (archaic) indistinct.
  • inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
  • into the ground — beyond what is requisite or can be endured; to exhaustion
  • ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
  • joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • kindheartedness — The quality of being kindhearted.
  • late in the day — in the evening
  • left-hand drive — A left-hand drive vehicle has the steering wheel on the left side, and is designed to be used in countries where people drive on the right-hand side of the road.
  • lie of the land — the topography of the land
  • light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
  • lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
  • longshore drift — beach drift.
  • longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
  • madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
  • maidenhair tree — ginkgo.
  • maidenhair-tree — ginkgo.
  • mental handicap — learning disability
  • methylphenidate — a central nervous system stimulant, C 1 4 H 1 9 NO 2 , used in the control of hyperkinetic syndromes and narcolepsy.
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
  • nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
  • night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
  • ninth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the rights enumerated in the Constitution would not be construed as denying or jeopardizing other rights of the people.
  • noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
  • one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • ortho-toluidine — Chemistry. a light-yellow, very slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the ortho isomer of toluidine: used in the manufacture of dyes, saccharin, and other organic compounds, and in textile printing processes.
  • osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.
  • osteochondrosis — a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
  • out in the cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
  • payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
  • photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • protonephridium — a tubular, excretory structure in certain invertebrates, as flatworms, rotifers, and some larvae, usually ending internally in flame cells and having an external pore
  • pseudonephritis — a condition, thought to be benign, in which microscopic amounts of blood and protein are present in the urine, occurring commonly among athletes after strenuous exercise.
  • put the wind up — to frighten or alarm
  • radiant heating — the means of heating objects or persons by radiation in which the intervening air is not heated.
  • radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
  • radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
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