14-letter words containing d, i, p
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- encyclopaediae — Irregular plural form of encyclopaedia.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedical — (American spelling) alternative spelling of encyclopaedical.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- endopeptidases — Plural form of endopeptidase.
- endopolyploidy — The replication of chromosomes without the division of the cell nucleus; generates a polyploid nucleus.
- endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
- enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
- epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
- epigrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of epigrammatize.
- epithelialized — Simple past tense and past participle of epithelialize.
- equiponderance — The state of being equal in weight; equipoise.
- equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
- equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
- expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
- expansion card — (hardware) A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
- 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
- extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
- fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
- fertile period — the time during a woman's menstrual cycle at which she is most likely to become pregnant, or the equivalent time for an animal
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- fiddle pattern — a pattern of spoon or fork having a handle that narrows abruptly from a broad, flat upper part and terminates with a pronounced shoulder above the bowl or tines.
- 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
- field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
- field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
- fiery-tempered — easily angered
- fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat
- fireproof door — a door that is designed to prevent fire from spreading
- first-aid post — the place at an event where people can go for medical treatment if they become ill or are injured
- fish and chips — fried fish fillets and French fries.
- flip one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
- 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.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- food poisoning — an acute gastrointestinal condition characterized by such symptoms as headache, fever, chills, abdominal and muscular pain, nausea, diarrhea, and prostration, caused by foods that are naturally toxic, as poisonous mushrooms, by vegetable foods that are chemically contaminated, as by insecticides, or by bacteria or their toxins, especially of the genus Salmonella.
- friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
- geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
- git-up-and-git — get-up-and-go.
- glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- goodfellowship — cheerful company
- grande prairie — a city in W Alberta, in W Canada.
- granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.