15-letter words containing ce
- dairy ice cream — ice cream made from milk rather than artificial ingredients
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- dead-cat bounce — a temporary recovery in prices following a substantial fall as a result of speculators buying stocks they have already sold rather than as a result of a genuine reversal of the downward trend
- dealer's choice — a card game, as poker, in which the dealer decides what particular game is to be played, often depending on the number of players, and designates any special variations or unusual rules, including setting the stakes.
- death in venice — a novella (1913) by Thomas Mann.
- decedent estate — the estate left by a decedent.
- deception table — a table of the 18th century made so as to conceal its true function, as in serving as a cabinet for a chamber pot.
- decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
- deconcentrating — Present participle of deconcentrate.
- deconcentration — the act of decentralizing or the state of becoming less concentrated in one area
- decubitus ulcer — a chronic ulcer of the skin and underlying tissues caused by prolonged pressure on the body surface of bedridden patients
- defence counsel — a barrister or group of barristers responsible for defending someone on trial
- defencelessness — The state or condition of being defenceless.
- defunct process — zombie process
- degree ceremony — a ceremony at which university degrees are awarded
- delivered price — a quoted price of merchandise, as steel, that includes freight charges from the basing point to the point of delivery, usually f.o.b.
- descending node — the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the south (opposed to ascending node).
- difference ring — a ring whose elements are cosets with respect to a given ideal.
- direct evidence — evidence of a witness who testifies to the truth of the fact to be proved (contrasted with circumstantial evidence).
- discernibleness — The state or quality of being discernible.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- discountenanced — Simple past tense and past participle of discountenance.
- discountenances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discountenance.
- disentrancement — the act of setting free from a trance
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
- disincentivized — Simple past tense and past participle of disincentivize.
- 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).
- distance runner — a participant in distance races.
- do an injustice — If you say that someone has done you an injustice, you mean that they have been unfair in the way that they have judged you or treated you.
- doctor's office — doctor's surgery
- dolichocephalic — long-headed; having a cephalic index of 75 and under.
- dolni vestonice — a camping site of Upper Paleolithic mammoth hunters c23,000 b.c. in southern Moravia, Czech Republic, characterized chiefly by Venus figures, ornaments of mammoth ivory, and animal figures of baked clay.
- double concerto — a concerto for two solo instruments
- double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
- driving licence — A driving licence is a card showing that you are qualified to drive because you have passed a driving test.
- driving license — A driving license is the same as a driver's license.
- east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
- editio princeps — first edition.
- electroreceptor — A cell or organ responsible for electroreception.
- emergency force — a group of soldiers whose job it is to respond to emergencies: for example, to keep order, or to deliver food and medical supplies in a natural disaster
- encephalization — (biology) the amount of brain mass exceeding that related to an animal's total body mass.
- encephalography — Any of various techniques for recording the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encephalopathic — Relating to encephalopathy.
- entrance permit — a permit issued by the government of a country allowing nationals of other countries to enter
- entrance ticket — a ticket allowing the bearer to go into a place, such as a museum, monument, etc
- escape sequence — (character) (Or "escape code") A series of characters starting with the escape character (ASCII 27). Escape sequences are often used to control display devices such as VDUs. An escape sequence might change the colour of subsequent text, reassign keys on the keyboard, change printer settings or reposition the cursor. The escape sequences of the DEC vt100 video terminal have become a de facto standard for this purpose. The term is also used for any sequence of characters that temporarily suspends normal processing of a stream of characters to perform some special function. For example, the Hayes modem uses the sequence "+++" to escape to command mode in which characters are interpreted as commands to the modem itself rather than as data to pass through.
- ethnocentricism — Ethnocentrism.
- ethnocentricity — Practising or the policies surrounding being ethnocentric.
- ethyl cellulose — an ethyl ether of cellulose obtained as a white granular solid by treating wood pulp soaked in sodium hydroxide (alkali cellulose) with ethyl chloride: used in adhesives, plastics, insulation, etc.
- eviction notice — an advance notice that someone must leave a property