14-letter words containing d, e, c, r, p
- 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.
- 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.
- dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- draw a picture — represent sth visually
- 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.
- drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
- drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
- duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- equiponderance — The state of being equal in weight; equipoise.
- equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
- 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.
- food processor — an electric appliance with interchangeable blades within a closed container into which food is inserted for slicing, shredding, mincing, chopping, puréeing, or otherwise processing at high speeds.
- 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.
- 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.
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
- group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
- hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
- 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
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- 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.
- hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypercivilized — Very highly civilized.
- hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- hyperlipidemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
- indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- inter-epidemic — Also, epidemical. (of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- japanese cedar — Japan cedar.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.