15-letter words containing t, o, a, d, y, i
- 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.
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
- limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
- liquidity ratio — the ratio of those assets that can easily be exchanged for money to the total assets of a bank or other financial institution
- literary editor — someone who edits literature and books
- loyalty islands — a group of coral islands in the S Pacific belonging to the French territory of New Caledonia. 761 sq. mi. (1970 sq. km).
- majority leader — the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
- morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
- ordinary rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army
- orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
- paternity order — a court order which declares a child's paternity
- payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
- platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- primary product — a product consisting of a natural raw material; an unmanufactured product
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- radio astronomy — the branch of astronomy that utilizes extraterrestrial radiation in radio wavelengths rather than visible light for the study of the universe.
- radioautography — autoradiography.
- radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- rotary drilling — Rotary drilling is the use of a continuous circular motion of the drill bit to make a hole.
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- san jacinto day — a legal holiday observed in Texas on April 21.
- sanitary cordon — cordon sanitaire.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- society islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific: administratively part of French Polynesia; consists of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands; became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880. Pop: 214 445 (2002). Area: 1595 sq km (616 sq miles)
- sodium ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- thiocyanic acid — an unstable acid, HSCN, known chiefly in the form of its salts.
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.