16-letter words containing t, o, a, d, s, n
- discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
- discriminatorily — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- disincorporation — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- displacement ton — a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater.
- disproportionate — not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
- disputatiousness — The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness.
- disqualification — an act or instance of disqualifying.
- dissatisfactions — Plural form of dissatisfaction.
- distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
- distributionally — In a distributional manner.
- diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
- divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
- do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
- domain selection — (systems analysis) The prioritisation and selection of one or more domains for which specific software reuse engineering projects are to be initiated.
- domestic partner — either member of an unmarried, cohabiting, and especially homosexual couple that seeks benefits usually available only to spouses.
- domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
- double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- dressing station — a post or center that gives first aid to the wounded, located near a combat area.
- drift transistor — a transistor in which the impurity concentration in the base increases from the collector-base junction to the emitter-base junction, producing a resistivity gradient that greatly increases its high-frequency response
- dry distillation — destructive distillation.
- dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
- dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
- eastern orthodox — of or relating to the Orthodox Church.
- endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
- endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
- extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
- extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
- fantail goldfish — an artificially bred, hardy variety of goldfish, usually oval-shaped and deep orange or calico, with a deeply cleft, four-lobed tail held in line with the body.
- fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
- feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
- forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
- foundation stone — any of the stones composing the foundation of a building.
- francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- go to one's head — If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
- good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
- goods in transit — articles that are in the process of being carried by vehicle from one place to another
- grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
- grand inquisitor — (often initial capital letters) the presiding officer of a court of inquisition.
- great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
- ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
- hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
- hernando de soto — Hernando [her-nan-doh;; Spanish er-nahn-daw] /hərˈnæn doʊ;; Spanish ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), or Fernando [fer-nan-doh;; Spanish fer-nahn-daw] /fərˈnæn doʊ;; Spanish fɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), c1500–42, Spanish soldier and explorer in America.
- horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.