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13-letter words containing d, a, m, p

  • diphenylamine — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble benzene derivative, C 12 H 11 N, used chiefly in the preparation of various dyes, as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose propellants, and for the detection of oxidizing agents in analytical chemistry.
  • diplomatology — diplomatics as a subject of scientific study
  • dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
  • disparagement — the act of disparaging.
  • displacements — Plural form of displacement.
  • dna computing — (architecture)   The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
  • dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
  • dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
  • draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
  • drama therapy — a type of psychotherapy encouraging patients to use dramatic techniques to deal with emotional and psychological problems.
  • drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
  • drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
  • fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
  • gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
  • hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
  • hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
  • hermaphrodyte — (archaic) alternative spelling of hermaphrodite.
  • humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
  • humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
  • hypolipidemia — (medicine) A lower than normal concentration of lipids in the blood.
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
  • impredictable — (nonstandard) unpredictable.
  • indian empire — British India and the Indian states ruled by native princes but under indirect British control: dissolved in 1947 and absorbed into India and Pakistan.
  • inland empire — a region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, E of the Cascade Mountains, in E Washington, NE Oregon, N Idaho, and NW Montana.
  • interpandemic — occurring between two pandemics
  • lambda prolog — (language)   An extension of standard Prolog defined by Dale A. Miller and Gopalan Nadathur in 1986, in which terms are strongly typed lambda terms. Clauses are higher order hereditary Harrop formulas. The main novelties are universal quantification on goals and implication. The Prolog/Mali compiler compiles Lambda Prolog for the MALI abstract memory system. Mailing list: [email protected]
  • lamp standard — a tall metal or concrete post supporting a street lamp
  • lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • macropinacoid — a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis
  • madeira topaz — citrine (def 2).
  • maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
  • mail exploder — (messaging)   Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
  • maladaptation — incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.
  • maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
  • mar del plata — a city in E Argentina: seaside resort.
  • married print — composite print.
  • mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metanephridia — Plural form of metanephridium.
  • midday prayer — the fourth of the seven canonical hours; sext
  • mindanao deep — an area in the Pacific Ocean W of the Philippines: one of deepest points in any ocean. 34,440 feet (10,497 meters).
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
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