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14-letter words containing d, s, p

  • 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.
  • dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
  • dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
  • do you suppose — You can use 'do you suppose' to introduce a question when you want someone to give their opinion about something, although you know that they are unlikely to have any more knowledge or information about it than you.
  • 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 spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • dover's powder — a powder containing ipecac and opium, used as an anodyne, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic.
  • dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
  • draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • drop-down list — pull-down list
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • dunkirk spirit — fortitude and stoicism in a demanding or dangerous situation
  • duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
  • 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.
  • duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
  • earned surplus — retained earnings.
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • 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.
  • endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
  • endopeptidases — Plural form of endopeptidase.
  • endophenotypes — Plural form of endophenotype.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
  • 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
  • fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
  • 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.
  • fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat
  • 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.
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
  • 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.
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