14-letter words containing d, a, p, o, n, t
- disapprobation — disapproval; condemnation.
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- dispensational — Of or pertaining to dispensation.
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- dovetail plane — a plane for cutting tongues and grooves with parallel or inclined sides.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- endopeptidases — Plural form of endopeptidase.
- equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- 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.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- maldevelopment — malformation
- non-adaptation — the act of adapting.
- noncomplicated — (esp of a medical condition or procedure) not involving complications
- nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
- nonpredictable — Not predictable.
- nonrepudiation — (legal) Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
- obedient plant — false dragonhead.
- old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
- on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
- open deathtrap — (abuse) An abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz Operation's Open DeskTop. The funniest part is that this was coined by SCO's own developers. Compare AIDX, Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX.
- open to debate — If you say that a matter is open to debate, you mean that people have different opinions about it, or it has not yet been firmly decided.
- 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.
- ordinary point — Mathematics. a point in a domain in which a given function of a complex variable is analytic.
- painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- pantomime dame — an exaggerated comedic female character in a pantomime played by a male actor
- para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
- penalty double — business double.
- pentanoic acid — colourless liquid carboxylic acid
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
- philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
- photooxidation — oxidation induced by light.
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.