14-letter words containing d, e, p, u, r
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- 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.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- draw a picture — represent sth visually
- drop-down menu — pull-down menu
- drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts
- duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- earned surplus — retained earnings.
- empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
- equiponderance — The state of being equal in weight; equipoise.
- equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
- equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
- field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
- fluid pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid, directly proportional to the specific gravity at any point and to the height of the fluid above the point.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
- grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
- groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- marmalade plum — sapote.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- multiple drill — a drilling machine having a number of vertical spindles for drilling several holes in a piece simultaneously.
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- nonpressurized — Not pressurized.