16-letter words containing d, r, o, s, p
- discographically — In terms of discography.
- discussion group — group assembled to discuss sth
- disincorporation — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- dispersal prison — a prison organized and equipped to accommodate a proportion of the most dangerous and highest security risk prisoners
- dispersive power — a measure of the ability of a substance to disperse light, equal to the quotient of the difference in refractive indices of the substance for two representative wavelengths divided by the difference of the refractive index for an intermediate wavelength and 1.
- displaced person — a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P.
- disproportionate — not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
- disproportioning — Present participle of disproportion.
- dneprodzerzhinsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- do oneself proud — to do extremely well
- do sth in person — If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
- domestic partner — either member of an unmarried, cohabiting, and especially homosexual couple that seeks benefits usually available only to spouses.
- domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
- double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
- drop a bombshell — If someone drops a bombshell, they give you a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- droves of people — large numbers of people
- dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
- duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
- dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
- echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
- ectoparasiticide — Any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.
- electrodeposited — Deposited by electrodeposition.
- false beechdrops — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
- footsteps editor — the technician who adds sound effects, such as doors closing, rain falling, etc, during the postproduction sound-dubbing process
- frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
- garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
- gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
- gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
- geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- gold-of-pleasure — a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, Camelina sativa, widespread as a weed, esp in flax fields, and formerly cultivated for its oil-rich seeds: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- good housekeeper — a person who is an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
- grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
- graphics adaptor — (hardware, graphics) (Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets.
- great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
- gregory's powder — a formulation of rhubarb powder used as a laxative or purgative
- gynandromorphism — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- hard-packed snow — snow which becomes very firmly packed as it becomes refrozen due to cold weather conditions rather than melting
- household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
- hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
- hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
- hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
- immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
- immunosuppressed — the inhibition of the normal immune response because of disease, the administration of drugs, or surgery.
- incorrespondence — Lack of correspondence; failure to correspond or match up; disagreement; disproportion.
- indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
- intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
- isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)