14-letter words containing g, s, p
- creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
- crossing point — a place where people cross a road, border, or river
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cryopreserving — Present participle of cryopreserve.
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- cypress spurge — a perennial herb, Euphorbia cyparissias, of Eurasia, having small, greenish-yellow flowers in dense clusters.
- daguerreotypes — Plural form of daguerreotype.
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
- depressurizing — Present participle of depressurize.
- design pattern — (programming) A description of an object-oriented design technique which names, abstracts and identifies aspects of a design structure that are useful for creating an object-oriented design. The design pattern identifies classes and instances, their roles, collaborations and responsibilities. Each design pattern focuses on a particular object-oriented design problem or issue. It describes when it applies, whether it can be applied in the presence of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of its use.
- disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- disk duplexing — (hardware, storage) A variation on disk mirroring where, as well as redundant disk drives, a second disk controller or host adapter is also present.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- 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.
- 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.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- ego psychology — the study of the adaptive and mediating functions of the ego and their role in personality development and emotional disorder
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
- epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
- epistemologies — Plural form of epistemology.
- epistemologist — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge.
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- 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
- fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- 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
- fingerspelling — the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.
- fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- food poisoning — an acute gastrointestinal condition characterized by such symptoms as headache, fever, chills, abdominal and muscular pain, nausea, diarrhea, and prostration, caused by foods that are naturally toxic, as poisonous mushrooms, by vegetable foods that are chemically contaminated, as by insecticides, or by bacteria or their toxins, especially of the genus Salmonella.
- foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- galactic poles — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.