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15-letter words containing nd

  • starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • step-and-repeat — noting or pertaining to a process by which successive photo-offset plates are produced automatically or semiautomatically with great precision: used especially in making plates for multicolor printing.
  • stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
  • sturm und drang — a style or movement of German literature of the latter half of the 18th century: characterized chiefly by impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception, opposition to established forms of society and thought, and extreme nationalism.
  • suck it and see — to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
  • summer flounder — a flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, inhabiting shallow waters from Cape Cod to South Carolina, valued as food.
  • sunset industry — any industry that holds little promise of future development
  • superabundantly — very or too abundantly
  • superindividual — greater than the individual
  • superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • surrender value — cash value.
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
  • tar and feather — any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
  • tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
  • tendentiousness — having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose: a tendentious novel.
  • tenth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing to the states and the people those rights that are not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution.
  • the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
  • the handicapped — those who are physically disabled or mentally retarded
  • the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
  • the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
  • the netherlands — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
  • the second form — the second year of secondary school
  • the underground — an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels
  • the undersigned — the person or persons who have signed at the foot of a document, statement, etc
  • the war-wounded — those people who have been injured or wounded by war
  • third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes would be prohibited in peacetime and allowed only by prescribed law during wartime.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • thousand island — of or relating to the Thousand Islands or their inhabitants
  • three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
  • thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
  • tie one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
  • time and motion — A time and motion study is a study of the way that people do a particular job, or the way they work in a particular place in order to discover the most efficient methods of working.
  • to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
  • to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
  • to come to mind — If something comes to mind or springs to mind, you think of it without making any effort.
  • to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
  • tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
  • tower of london — a historic fortress in London, England: originally a royal palace, later a prison, now an arsenal and museum.
  • track and field — athletics events
  • track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
  • train attendant — a railway employee charged with managing the safe boarding of passengers, ticket inspection, etc
  • training ground — an area where people prepare for sporting competitions, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness
  • transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
  • transindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
  • treasure island — (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
  • tree-and-branch — denoting a cable television system in which all available programme channels are fed to each subscriber
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