14-letter words containing d, e, s, r, t, p
- 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
- fidget spinner — a small toy comprising two or three prongs arranged around a central bearing, designed to be spun by the fingers as means of improving concentration or relieving stress
- flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- great red spot — a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years.
- headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
- kindred spirit — likeminded person
- lepidopterists — Plural form of lepidopterist.
- 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.
- life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- misinterpreted — Simple past tense and past participle of misinterpret.
- misrepresented — Simple past tense and past participle of misrepresent.
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
- non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
- osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paddle steamer — a vessel propelled by paddle wheels and driven by steam.
- painted desert — a region in N central Arizona, E of the Colorado River: many-colored rock surfaces.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- partners' desk — a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- pedestrianized — A pedestrianized area has been made into an area that is intended for pedestrians, not vehicles.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- photoperiodism — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
- picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
- plaza de toros — a bullring.
- point d'esprit — a bobbinet or tulle with oval or square dots woven in an irregular pattern.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
- porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
- post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
- post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
- postdepression — pertaining to or denoting the period after an economic depression
- postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- power-assisted — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.