18-letter words containing d, p
- suspended sentence — law: deferred decision
- take a deep breath — If you say that you took a deep breath before doing something dangerous or frightening, you mean that you tried to make yourself feel strong and confident.
- take heed/pay heed — If you take heed of what someone says or if you pay heed to them, you pay attention to them and consider carefully what they say.
- temporary hardness — hardness of water due to the presence of magnesium and calcium hydrogencarbonates, which can be precipitated as carbonates by boiling
- the encyclopedists — the writers of the French Encyclopedia (1751-72) edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, which contained the advanced ideas of the period
- the heavens opened — it started pouring with rain
- the lords temporal — (in Britain) peers other than bishops in their capacity as members of the House of Lords
- the middle passage — the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas
- the operative word — If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
- thiosulphuric acid — an unstable acid known only in solutions and in the form of its salts. Formula: H2S2O3
- threatened species — a species likely, in the near future, to become an endangered species within all or much of its range.
- three-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of three bodies in space moving under the influence of only their mutual gravitational attraction.
- thrills and spills — If you refer to thrills and spills, you are referring to an experience which is exciting and full of surprises.
- ticker-tape parade — a parade honoring a visiting dignitary, hero, or the like in which confetti, shredded newspapers, or the like are showered into the streets from buildings along the parade route.
- to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.
- to get a bad press — If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
- to hold your peace — If you hold or keep your peace, you do not speak, even though there is something you want or ought to say.
- to pick and choose — If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
- to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
- to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
- traditional option — an option that once purchased cannot be resold
- traditional policy — a life assurance policy in which the policyholder's premiums are paid into a general fund and his or her investment benefits are calculated according to actuarial formulae
- traditional weapon — a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie
- transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
- triphosphoric acid — the hypothetical acid H 5 P 3 O 10 , known chiefly by its salts.
- under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- under-depreciation — decrease in value due to wear and tear, decay, decline in price, etc.
- unit-linked policy — a life-assurance policy, the investment benefits of which are directly in proportion to the number of units in a unit trust purchased on the policyholder's behalf
- unpledged delegate — (in the US) a delegate at a national party convention who is free to vote for any candidate
- upper middle class — wealthy, highly-educated people
- valle de la pascua — a city in N Venezuela.
- vanadium pentoxide — a yellow to red crystalline compound, V 2 O 5 , slightly soluble in water, used as a catalyst for organic reactions, in glass to absorb ultraviolet radiation, and as a photographic developer.
- vectorcardiography — a method of determining the direction and magnitude of the electrical forces of the heart.
- vermiform appendix — a narrow, blind tube protruding from the cecum, having no known useful function, in humans being 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and situated in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen.
- video compact disc — (storage) (VCD) A storage format used for film distribution.
- videotape recorder — a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- welland ship canal — a ship canal in S Canada, in Ontario, connecting Lakes Erie and Ontario: 8 locks. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- white-spotted hyla — a type of tree frog (H. leucophyllata) of tropical America
- wild passionflower — the maypop, Passiflora incarnata.
- wildlife programme — (esp on television) a documentary whose subject is wild animals in their natural habitat or undomesticated fauna and flora generally
- withdrawal symptom — effects of stopping a drug
- work-study program — a program enabling high-school or college students to combine academic work with actual job experience.
- world championship — an international competition in a particular sport or activity for people all around the world
- wpa pre-shared key — Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key