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15-letter words containing e, p, a, n, d

  • connected graph — (mathematics)   A graph such that there is a path between any pair of nodes (via zero or more other nodes). Thus if we start from any node and visit all nodes connected to it by a single edge, then all nodes connected to any of them, and so on, then we will eventually have visited every node in the connected graph.
  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • cottage pudding — plain cake covered with a sweet sauce
  • cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
  • crescent-shaped — having the shape of a crescent
  • cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
  • cyanide process — a process for recovering gold and silver from ores by treatment with a weak solution of sodium cyanide
  • cyclopentadiene — a colourless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon obtained in the cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons and the distillation of coal tar: used in the manufacture of plastics and insecticides. Formula: C5H6
  • daguerreotyping — Present participle of daguerreotype.
  • daily newspaper — A daily newspaper is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday.
  • dancing partner — one of a pair of dancers
  • data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
  • data protection — (in Britain) safeguards for individuals relating to personal data stored on a computer
  • davenport table — a table with drawers, having drop leaves at both ends, often placed in front of or behind a sofa.
  • de bruijn graph — (mathematics)   A class of graphs with elegant properties. De Bruijn graphs are especially easy to use for routing, with shifting of source and destination addresses.
  • deception table — a table of the 18th century made so as to conceal its true function, as in serving as a cabinet for a chamber pot.
  • deck department — the part of a ship's crew, from the captain down, concerned with running the ship but not with heavy machinery or catering
  • decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
  • deep-sea diving — the activity of diving and exploring in the deep parts of the sea
  • delayed opening — the automatic opening of a parachute after a predetermined delay to allow the parachutist to reach a particular height
  • departmentalism — division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency
  • departmentalize — to organize into departments, esp excessively
  • depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
  • depletion layer — a region at the interface between dissimilar zones of conductivity in a semiconductor, in which there are few charge carriers
  • deposit account — A deposit account is a type of bank account where the money in it earns interest.
  • deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
  • despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
  • developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
  • developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
  • developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • dictation speed — a speed of speaking that enables someone to take down what is being said
  • die standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
  • diphenhydramine — a white, crystalline, antihistaminic compound, C 17 H 21 NO, used orally, topically, and parenterally, especially for allergies.
  • disappointments — Plural form of disappointment.
  • disincorporated — Simple past tense and past participle of disincorporate.
  • dispassionately — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
  • dispensableness — The quality of being dispensable.
  • display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
  • displeasingness — the state of being displeasing
  • dna fingerprint — the use of a DNA probe for the identification of an individual, as for the matching of genes from a forensic sample with those of a criminal suspect.
  • doomsday weapon — any weapon of extreme lethal or destructive power; superweapon
  • double saucepan — a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
  • doublet pattern — a pattern, as on a fabric, in which a figure or group is duplicated in reverse order on the opposite side of a centerline.
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • drop handlebars — aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
  • dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
  • east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • edgar allan poe — Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
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