15-letter words containing da
- self-validating — requiring no external confirmation, sanction, or validation.
- settlement date — day by which payment must be made
- shield of david — a hexagram used as a symbol of Judaism.
- silver standard — a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.
- single standard — a single set of principles or rules applying to everyone, as a single moral code applying to both men and women, especially in sexual behavior. Compare double standard.
- soldier's medal — a medal awarded to any member of the Army of the United States, or of any military organization serving with it, who distinguishes himself or herself by heroism not involving conflict with an enemy.
- sostenuto pedal — a pedal on a grand piano that raises the dampers, allowing the tone to be sustained for those strings struck at the time the pedal is depressed.
- sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
- standard bearer — military: person who carries a flag
- standard candle — a unit of luminous intensity; the candela: not in scientific usage because of possible confusion with a former unit (international candle)
- standard clause — a clause which is inserted as standard into certain types of contracts or agreements
- standard dollar — the basic monetary unit of the U.S., since January 31, 1934, containing 15.2 grains of gold, 0.900 fine: previously contained 25.8 grains of gold, 0.900 fine.
- standard lining — a system for aligning type so that all fonts of the same point size have a common baseline.
- standard-bearer — an officer or soldier of an army or military unit who bears a standard.
- standardization — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- stranger danger — the potential or perceived risk posed by unknown people to children and about which it may be advisable to warn them
- summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
- superabundantly — very or too abundantly
- tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the present day — The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
- thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- to save the day — If someone or something saves the day in a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful.
- train attendant — a railway employee charged with managing the safe boarding of passengers, ticket inspection, etc
- trans-jordanian — of or relating to the former Trans-Jordan (now Jordan) or its inhabitants
- transvaal daisy — a composite plant, Gerbera jamesonii, native to southern Africa, having showy, many-rayed, variously colored flower heads.
- trichomonacidal — relating to a trichomonacide
- una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
- unaccommodating — easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
- unrecommendable — not able to be recommended, supported, or endorsed
- usman dan fodio — 1754–1817, African mystic and revolutionary leader, who created a Muslim state in Nigeria
- valentine's day — February 14, observed in honor of St. Valentine as a day for the exchange of valentines and other tokens of affection.
- villeda morales — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909?–71, Honduran diplomat and statesman: president 1957–63.
- volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
- walking holiday — a holiday on which you walk a lot, esp in the countryside
- wattle and daub — Also, wattle and dab. a building technique employing wattles plastered with clay and mud.
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience
- yellow mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- yorkshire dales — the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in W Yorkshire: chiefly Ribblesdale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale; tourist area