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16-letter words containing d, e, p, t

  • the dispossessed — people who have had property or possessions taken away
  • the herring-pond — the Atlantic Ocean
  • the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
  • the mendip hills — a range of limestone hills in SW England, in N Somerset: includes the Cheddar Gorge and numerous caves. Highest point: 325 m (1068 ft)
  • the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
  • thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
  • through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
  • tiger kidnapping — a kidnapping in which one or more hostages are taken to coerce another person, usually a relation of the person or people held, to take part in a crime
  • to dip your toes — If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
  • to get bad press — If someone or something gets bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get good press, they are praised.
  • to pass judgment — If you pass judgment on someone or something, you give your opinion about it, especially if you are making a criticism.
  • to pay dividends — If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.
  • to spend a penny — If someone says that they are going to spend a penny, they mean that they are going to go to the toilet.
  • tongue depressor — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
  • top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
  • torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
  • trade acceptance — a bill of exchange drawn by the seller of goods on the buyer, and accepted by the buyer for payment at a future date.
  • transpeptidation — the process of transferring an amino acid or group of amino acids from one compound to another.
  • trap-door spider — any of several burrowing spiders, of the family Ctenizidae, that construct a tubular nest with a hinged lid.
  • trapezoidal rule — a numerical method for evaluating the area between a curve and an axis by approximating the area with the areas of trapezoids.
  • turn upside down — invert
  • two-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of two bodies in space moving solely under the influence of their mutual gravitational attraction.
  • two-tailed pasha — a distinctive vanessid butterfly of S Europe, Charaxes jasius, having mottled brown wings with a yellow-orange margin and frilled hind edges
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • type ii diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
  • ultracrepidarian — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
  • under the plough — If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
  • under-employment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • undercapitalized — having insufficient capital for the efficient operation of a commercial enterprise
  • undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
  • underrepresented — to give inadequate representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately low.
  • unissued capital — authorized capital that has not yet been issued as shares
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • unparticularized — to make particular.
  • unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • voice production — the use of the voice in order to create particular effects
  • well-appreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
  • well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • well-represented — having good or sufficient representation
  • well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
  • west springfield — a city in SW Massachusetts, near Springfield.
  • white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
  • whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
  • whited sepulchre — hypocrite
  • with due respect — with deserved esteem
  • wolfenden report — a study produced in 1957 by the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in Britain, which recommended that homosexual relations between consenting adults be legalized
  • world exposition — world's fair.
  • xenotransplanted — Transplanted by xenotransplantation.
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