14-letter words containing d, t, p
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- tontine period — the stipulated period during which a tontine life assurance system is in operation
- top-down model — (programming) A method for estimating the overall cost and effort of the proposed software project from global properties of the project. The total cost and schedule is partitioned into components for planning purposes.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
- trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
- triple dresser — a dresser having three drawers across for most of its height.
- ultracrepidate — to go beyond one's scope or province, esp to criticize beyond one's sphere of knowledge
- un-apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- un-depreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
- un-manipulated — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- underpopulated — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- underrepresent — to give inadequate representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately low.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- unexpectedness — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- unincorporated — not chartered as a corporation; lacking the powers and immunities of a corporate enterprise: an unincorporated business.
- unprecipitated — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unpremeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- unpresidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- unpretendingly — without pretence
- unproductivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- unproportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- unreciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- up to high doh — extremely excited or keyed up
- up-to-dateness — (of persons, buildings, etc.) keeping up with the times, as in outlook, information, ideas, appearance, or style.
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- uti possidetis — the principle that vests in either of the belligerents at the end of a war all territory actually occupied and controlled by them.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- vector product — cross product.
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- vice president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
- vice-president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- war department — the department of the federal government that, from 1789 until 1947, was responsible for defense and the military establishment: in 1947 it became the Department of the Army, which became part of the Department of Defense when it was established in 1949.
- waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- water dropwort — any of several umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Oenanthe, with umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers