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14-letter words containing d, e, p, i, c, t

  • photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
  • photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
  • picture editor — someone whose job is to deal with the photographs and illustrations for a newspaper or magazine
  • picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
  • pitch cylinder — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • pitched battle — a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined.
  • pitching wedge — a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for short, lofted pitch shots
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
  • pocket edition — pocketbook (def 3).
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • pre-accredited — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
  • preconditioned — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
  • predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
  • predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
  • predictiveness — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
  • procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • productivities — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
  • propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • quadruplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate.
  • quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
  • quick-tempered — easily angered.
  • quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
  • recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
  • restricted epl — (language)   (REPL) The efficient subset of EPL used to write the core of Multics.
  • rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
  • screen-printed — printed by screen process
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
  • spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
  • striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
  • third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
  • trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
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