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14-letter words containing a, d, p, t, e, c

  • detention camp — a compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws.
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
  • direct primary — a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote.
  • directed graph — (digraph) A graph with one-way edges. See also directed acyclic graph.
  • disceptatorial — disputable
  • disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
  • dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches
  • disrespectable — not respectable.
  • drag parachute — drogue parachute (def 2).
  • drag-parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
  • draw a picture — represent sth visually
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • expected value — the sum or integral of all possible values of a random variable, or any given function of it, multiplied by the respective probabilities of the values of the variable. Symbol: E(X). E(X) is the mean of the distribution; E(X–c) = E(X)–c where c is a constant
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
  • hepatectomized — That has undergone hepatectomy.
  • hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
  • metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
  • noncomplicated — (esp of a medical condition or procedure) not involving complications
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • operation code — (programming)   (Always "op code" when spoken) The part or parts of a machine language instruction which determines what kind of action the computer should take, e.g. add, jump, load, store. In any particular instruction set certain fixed bit positions within the instruction word contain the op code, others give parameters such as the addresses or registers involved. For example, in a 32-bit instruction the most significant eight bits might be the op code giving 256 possible operations. For some instruction sets, certain values in the fixed bit positions may select a group of operations and the exact operation may depend on other bits within instruction word or subsequent words. When programming in assembly language, the op code is represented by a readable name called an instruction mnemonic.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • particularized — individualized
  • pedanticalness — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • pentanoic acid — colourless liquid carboxylic acid
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • photoduplicate — photocopy.
  • picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
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