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16-letter words containing di

  • spreader-ditcher — a machine for shaping and cleaning roadbeds and ditches and for freeing tracks of ice and snow by plowing and digging.
  • spreading center — a linear zone in the sea floor along which magma rises and from which adjacent crustal plates are moving apart.
  • spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
  • standing cypress — a plant, Ipomopsis rubra, of the southern U.S., having feathery leaves and clusters of red and yellow flowers.
  • standing ovation — rising to applaud
  • standing rigging — rigging remaining permanently in position as a means of steadying various spars, shrouds, stays, etc. (contrasted with running rigging).
  • state-subsidized — partly paid for by the state; subsidized by the state
  • static discharge — Static discharge is the release of static electricity when two objects touch each other.
  • stopped diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
  • street directory — a directory containing an alphabetical list of streets along with other information such as the names and addresses of householders and tradespeople
  • stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
  • strongyloidiasis — an intestinal disease caused by infection with the nematode worm Strongyloides stercoralis
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • subordinationism — the doctrine that the first person of the Holy Trinity is superior to the second, and the second superior to the third.
  • suspending agent — A suspending agent is a liquid in which a solid substance can be held in suspension.
  • swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
  • texture modifier — a substance that is added to food products to increase viscosity
  • the dispossessed — people who have had property or possessions taken away
  • the mendip hills — a range of limestone hills in SW England, in N Somerset: includes the Cheddar Gorge and numerous caves. Highest point: 325 m (1068 ft)
  • the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
  • the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
  • thought disorder — disorganized speech, as flight of ideas or loosening of associations, thought to reflect disorganized thinking and occurring as a symptom of some types of mental illness, as manic disorder or schizophrenia.
  • titanium dioxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
  • to dip your toes — If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
  • to dish the dirt — If someone dishes the dirt on you, they say bad things about you, without worrying if they are true or not, or if they will damage your reputation.
  • to pay dividends — If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.
  • to wine and dine — If you wine and dine, or if someone wines and dines you, you go out, for example to expensive restaurants, and spend a lot of money.
  • touring bindings — specialised ski bindings with releasable locked down heels that can be used for ski touring and backcountry skiing
  • traditionalistic — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
  • transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
  • type ii diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
  • un-contradictory — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
  • uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
  • under discussion — If something is under discussion, it is still being talked about and a final decision has not yet been reached.
  • undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
  • undifferentiated — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
  • undiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
  • undiscriminatory — 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.
  • unfair dismissal — wrongful firing from a job
  • unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
  • venereal disease — sexually transmitted disease. Abbreviation: VD.
  • veni, vidi, vici — I came, I saw, I conquered
  • verbal diarrhoea — a tendency to speak at excessive length
  • videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
  • viewing audience — the audience reached by television
  • walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
  • well conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
  • well-conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
  • well-disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
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