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14-letter words containing l, e, p, t, o

  • contemptuously — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
  • controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
  • copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
  • cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
  • corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
  • count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
  • counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
  • counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
  • country people — people who live in the country
  • cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
  • cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
  • cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
  • cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
  • depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
  • depolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
  • depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
  • depoliticizing — Present participle of depoliticize.
  • depth of field — the range of distance in front of and behind an object focused by an optical instrument, such as a camera or microscope, within which other objects will also appear clear and sharply defined in the resulting image
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • developability — to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
  • diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
  • disappointedly — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
  • disceptatorial — disputable
  • dispensational — Of or pertaining to dispensation.
  • dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
  • donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
  • doppler effect — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
  • dovetail plane — a plane for cutting tongues and grooves with parallel or inclined sides.
  • draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
  • dropper bottle — A dropper bottle is a container from which medicine is administered using a device that lets the medicine out in drops.
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
  • east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
  • east palo alto — a town in W central California, on the S shore of San Francisco Bay.
  • eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
  • electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
  • elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
  • ellesmere port — a port in NW England, in NW Cheshire on the Mersey estuary and Manchester Ship Canal. Pop: 66 265 (2001)
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