16-letter words containing d, s, p
- gadsden purchase — a tract of 45,535 sq. mi. (117,935 sq. km), now contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden.
- 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.
- graphic designer — person: commercial artist
- graphics adapter — graphics adaptor
- 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.
- hand screw clamp — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
- hard-packed snow — snow which becomes very firmly packed as it becomes refrozen due to cold weather conditions rather than melting
- harvard graphics — (graphics, tool) A presentation graphics product by Software Publishing Corporation (SPC) for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc..
- head post office — the main post office in a town
- headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
- heads-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- health food shop — a shop which sells health foods
- high-speed steel — an especially hard, heat-resistant steel for use in lathe tools and for other applications involving high friction and wear.
- himachal pradesh — a state in N India. 21,495 sq. mi. (55,673 sq. km). Capital: Shimla.
- hold one's peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- 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 .
- hypsilophodontid — An informal grouping of small ornithopod dinosaurs, regarded as fast, herbivorous bipeds on the order of 1\u20132 meters long (3.3-6.6 feet).
- 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.
- indianapolis 500 — a 500-mile oval-track race for rear-engine cars having particular specifications, held annually in Indianapolis, Ind.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
- indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
- interdependences — Plural form of interdependence.
- intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
- inverted nipples — nipples which do not project from the breast but are retracted
- 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)
- isophthalic acid — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the meta isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
- josquin des prés — Josquin [zhuhs-kan;; French zhaws-kan] /ˈʒʌs kæn;; French ʒɔsˈkɛ̃/ (Show IPA), c1445–1521, Flemish composer.
- josquin des prez — 1440?-1521; Fr. composer
- keep under wraps — not reveal
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- kiss and make up — be reconciled
- ladies'-eardrops — lady's-earrings.
- lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
- laserdisc player — a device that plays laserdiscs