14-letter words containing d, i, p
- dispensability — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
- dispensational — Of or pertaining to dispensation.
- dispensatively — in a dispensative manner
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dispersal zone — a defined area in which any police or community support officer can force any group of two or more people to disperse for 24 hours
- dispersibility — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- dispiritedness — The state or condition of being dispirited.
- dispiteousness — the state of being without pity
- display window — shop window displaying goods
- displeasedness — the state of being displeased
- displenishment — the act of displenishing
- disposableness — Disposability.
- disproportions — Plural form of disproportion.
- disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
- disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- disruptiveness — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- 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
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double-dipping — the act or practice of receiving more than one income or collecting double benefits from the same employer or organization.
- dovetail plane — a plane for cutting tongues and grooves with parallel or inclined sides.
- dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
- draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
- draw a picture — represent sth visually
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drop-down list — pull-down list
- drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- dumping ground — dump (def 17).
- dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
- dunkirk spirit — fortitude and stoicism in a demanding or dangerous situation
- duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts
- dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
- 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.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- dynamic typing — (programming) Enforcement of type rules at run time as opposed to compile time. Dynamic typing catches more errors as run-time exceptions than static typing.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff