16-letter words containing et
- dc potentiometer — A DC potentiometer is a potentiometer in which the supply is a battery and the balance is under direct current conditions.
- dear john letter — a letter from someone (esp to a man) breaking off a love affair
- debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
- depleted uranium — Depleted uranium is a type of uranium that is used in some bombs.
- deputy secretary — the Deputy Secretary of State or Defense etc
- detective device — a device that detects or discovers the existence of something
- detention center — A detention center is a sort of prison, for example, a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
- detention centre — A detention centre is a sort of prison, for example a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
- determinableness — Capability of being determined; determinability.
- deterritorialize — (transitive) To subject to deterritorialization.
- dextromethorphan — (pharmaceutical drug) An antitussive drug (a cough suppressant) that is found in many over-the-counter cold and cough preparations.
- diacetylmorphine — heroin.
- diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
- diethyltoluamide — a liquid, C 12 H 17 NO, used as an insect repellent and resin solvent.
- dihydroxyacetone — (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses.
- dimethoxymethane — methylal.
- dimethyl sulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
- dimethylglyoxime — (organic compound) The oxime 2,3-butanedione dioxime that is used as a reagent in the analysis of nickel and palladium.
- direct marketing — marketing direct to the consumer, as by direct mail or coupon advertising.
- discovery method — a largely unstructured, situational method or philosophy of teaching whereby students are permitted to find solutions to problems on their own or at their own pace, often jointly in group activities, either independent of or under the guidance of a teacher.
- dominical letter — any one of the letters from A to G used in church calendars to mark the Sundays throughout any particular year, serving primarily to aid in determining the date of Easter.
- dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
- early retirement — retirement before established age
- electric blanket — electrically-heated bedcover
- electromagnetics — Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.
- electromagnetism — The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
- erythrocytometer — an instrument for counting the number or measuring the size of red blood cells in a sample of blood
- eternal triangle — You use the eternal triangle to refer to a relationship involving love and jealousy between two men and a woman or two women and a man.
- ethernet address — (networking) (Or "MAC address") The physical address identifying an individual Ethernet controller board. An Ethernet addess is a 48-bit number aabbccddeeff where a-f are hexadecimal digits. The first 24 bits, aabbcc, identify the manufacturer of the controller. The Ethernet address is hard-wired on some controllers, stored in a ROM on some, and others allow it to be changed from software. It is usually written as six hexadecimal numbers, e.g. 08:00:20:03:72:DC. See also ARP, Internet address.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- ethnic cleansing — genocide
- ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
- ethnomethodology — A method of sociological analysis that examines how individuals use everyday conversation and gestures to construct a common-sense view of the world.
- etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
- factor of safety — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
- filter cigarette — a cigarette with a filter tip
- flettner control — servocontrol (def 3).
- flibbertigibbets — Plural form of flibbertigibbet.
- flibbertigibbety — Like a flibbertigibbet; flighty; scatterbrained.
- follow-up letter — a letter sent as a follow-up to an initial letter or to a telephone call, meeting, etc
- for pete's sake! — an expression of frustration, exasperation or annoyance
- formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
- fortin barometer — an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.
- four-letter word — any of a number of short words, usually of four letters, considered offensive or vulgar because of their reference to excrement or sex.
- four-star petrol — petrol containing lead, formerly sold in the UK
- friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
- fund supermarket — an online facility offering discounted investment opportunities and advice