15-letter words containing di
- indissolubility — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indistinctively — without distinctive characteristics.
- indistinguished — (archaic) indistinct.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- individualising — Present participle of individualise.
- individualistic — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
- individualities — Plural form of individuality.
- individualizing — Present participle of individualize.
- indivisibleness — The state of being indivisible; indivisibility.
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
- injudiciousness — The state or condition of being injudicious.
- insider trading — the illegal buying and selling of securities by persons acting on privileged information.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- 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.
- intraindividual — Occurring within an individual.
- intramyocardial — Into or within the myocardium.
- inunderstanding — (obsolete) Devoid of understanding.
- johne's disease — a chronic diarrheal disease of cattle and sheep caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, an organism related to the tubercle bacillus.
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- judicial murder — the unjustified execution of the death penalty
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- kincardineshire — a former county in E Scotland.
- kissing disease — infectious mononucleosis.
- ladies' gallery — a gallery in the old House of Commons set aside for women spectators
- ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
- ladies'-tresses — any of a genus (Spiranthes) of wild orchids with small, white flowers arranged spirally on spikes
- landini cadence — a melodic cadential formula, associated especially with the Ars Nova music of Francesco Landini, progressing from the tonic to the leading tone, then to the submediant and back to the tonic.
- leading article — Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
- leaf primordium — a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
- lending library — Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.
- lesser dionysia — (in ancient Attica) the wine feasts, processions, and dramatic performances composing one of the festivals honoring Dionysus, held in the middle of December.
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- library binding — a tough, durable cloth binding for books. Compare edition binding.
- library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
- limited edition — an edition, as of a book or lithograph, limited to a specified small number of copies.
- liquidity event — the ending of an investor's involvement in a business venture with a view to realizing a gain or loss from the investment
- 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
- listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- literary editor — someone who edits literature and books
- loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
- mad cow disease — BSE: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- managing editor — an editor assigned to the supervision and coordination of certain editorial activities of a newspaper, magazine, book publishing company, or the like. Abbreviation: M.E., m.e.