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15-letter words containing t, i, e, r, d

  • interdependency — the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other: Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.
  • interdigitation — An interlinking that resembles the fingers of two hands being locked together.
  • interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
  • interindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
  • interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
  • intermodulation — the production in an electrical device of frequencies that are the sums or differences of frequencies of different inputs or of their harmonics.
  • internucleotide — occurring or existing between nucleotides
  • interpenetrated — Simple past tense and past participle of interpenetrate.
  • interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
  • interstratified — Stratified with two alternating types of strata.
  • into the ground — beyond what is requisite or can be endured; to exhaustion
  • inunderstanding — (obsolete) Devoid of understanding.
  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • ipod generation — members of the generation of adults born after 1970, who are less financially secure than their parents, due to student debt, high house prices, and job insecurity
  • irvine dataflow — (language)   (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
  • isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
  • it's early days — If you say about something that might be true that it is early days, you mean that it is too soon for you to be completely sure about it.
  • 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.
  • job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
  • jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
  • kidasa software — (company)   A company which develops project management software for Microsoft Windows.
  • kindergarteners — a child who attends a kindergarten.
  • kindheartedness — The quality of being kindhearted.
  • ladies'-tresses — any of a genus (Spiranthes) of wild orchids with small, white flowers arranged spirally on spikes
  • ladybird beetle — ladybug.
  • lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • leading article — Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.
  • leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
  • leadwort family — the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
  • lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
  • 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.
  • lepidopterology — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
  • library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
  • like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
  • limited partner — special partner.
  • liquid nitrogen — nitrogen in a liquid state
  • listed security — a security that is quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and appears in its Official List of Securities
  • literary device — technique used in writing
  • literary editor — someone who edits literature and books
  • little colorado — a river flowing NW from E Arizona to the E edge of the Grand Canyon, where it flows into the Colorado River. 315 miles (507 km) long.
  • longshore drift — beach drift.
  • lord it over sb — If someone lords it over you, they act in a way that shows that they think they are better than you, especially by giving lots of orders.
  • lord lieutenant — British. the title of various high officials holding authority deputed from a sovereign.
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