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16-letter words containing d, i, p, e, r, s

  • rectified spirit — a constant-boiling mixture of ethanol and water, containing 95.6 per cent ethanol
  • residence permit — permission allowing someone to legally reside in a country
  • roadside repairs — repairs to a vehicle that has broken down on the road
  • schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
  • seidlitz powders — a mild laxative consisting of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and Rochelle salt, which are dissolved separately, mixed, and drunk after effervescence.
  • self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • self-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • self-preoccupied — preoccupied by one's own concerns
  • self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • service provider — company: provides internet
  • seward peninsula — a peninsula in W Alaska, on Bering Strait.
  • shared ownership — (in Britain) a form of house purchase whereby the purchaser buys a proportion of the dwelling, usually from a local authority or housing association, and rents the rest
  • shepherd's plaid — a checkered black and white pattern
  • sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
  • sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
  • solid dispersion — Solid dispersion is the process of dispersing a solid through a liquid in order to increase contact.
  • solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.
  • special delivery — (in the U.S. Postal Service) delivery of mail outside the regularly scheduled hours, by a special messenger, upon the payment of an extra fee.
  • speed networking — the practice of trying to form business connections and contacts through meetings at which individuals are given the opportunity to have several conversations of limited duration with strangers
  • spiny-rayed fish — any of various fishes, as basses and perches, that have sharp, often pointed and usually rigid fin spines.
  • spreader-ditcher — a machine for shaping and cleaning roadbeds and ditches and for freeing tracks of ice and snow by plowing and digging.
  • spreading center — a linear zone in the sea floor along which magma rises and from which adjacent crustal plates are moving apart.
  • spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
  • stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
  • standing cypress — a plant, Ipomopsis rubra, of the southern U.S., having feathery leaves and clusters of red and yellow flowers.
  • stop-limit order — stop order.
  • striped squirrel — any squirrel with stripes on its back, as a chipmunk.
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • sulphur trioxide — a white corrosive substance existing in three crystalline forms of which the stable (alpha-) form is usually obtained as silky needles. It is produced by the oxidation of sulphur dioxide, and is used in the sulphonation of organic compounds. Formula: SO3
  • sun in splendour — a representation of the sun with rays and a human face
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • turn upside down — invert
  • underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • upland sandpiper — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
  • videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
  • west springfield — a city in SW Massachusetts, near Springfield.
  • whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
  • whited sepulchre — hypocrite
  • windscreen wiper — A windscreen wiper is a device that wipes rain from a vehicle's windscreen.
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