14-letter words containing d, i, s, c, p
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
- 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.
- fish and chips — fried fish fillets and French fries.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- 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.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
- hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hydroscopicity — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- independencies — Plural form of independency.
- indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- intussuscepted — Received into some other thing or part, like a sword into a sheath.
- isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
- nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
- panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
- paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
- parish records — historical documents of a district
- pedanticalness — ostentatious in one's learning.
- peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- pick's disease — a condition characterized by progressive deterioration of the brain with atrophy of the cerebral cortex, esp. the frontal lobes, and evidenced in loss of memory and emotional instability
- pickled onions — onions which have been preserved in vinegar or brine
- picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
- pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way