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14-letter words containing c, o, p, a, r, e

  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • data processor — a computer that is capable of performing operations on data in order to extract information, reorder files, etc
  • 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
  • deparochialize — to make parochial.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dermatographic — relating to dermatography
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
  • disceptatorial — disputable
  • disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
  • ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
  • elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • equiponderance — The state of being equal in weight; equipoise.
  • equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • erotic capital — the influence and earning power a person has as a result of his or her sexual attractiveness
  • escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
  • eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
  • exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
  • expansion card — (hardware)   A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
  • extracorporeal — Situated or occurring outside the body.
  • extraprostatic — (anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate.
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
  • force the pace — to adopt a high speed or rate of procedure
  • frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
  • free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
  • french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
  • garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
  • geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
  • 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.
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