14-letter words containing c, l, e, p, d
- delphic oracle — the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity
- delta particle — a very short-lived hyperon
- deparochialize — to make parochial.
- depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
- depoliticizing — Present participle of depoliticize.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- despicableness — The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- disceptatorial — disputable
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
- disciplinaries — Plural form of disciplinary.
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- doppler effect — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- encyclopaediae — Irregular plural form of encyclopaedia.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedical — (American spelling) alternative spelling of encyclopaedical.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
- 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
- feel compelled — If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
- glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
- 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
- hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
- hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypercivilized — Very highly civilized.
- hyperlipidemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- inclined plane — one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle. Compare machine (def 4b).
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.