16-letter words containing l, e, p, t
- complex fraction — a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractions
- complex sentence — a sentence containing at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
- complexing agent — an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.: the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex.
- complexity class — (algorithm) A collection of algorithms or computable functions with the same complexity.
- complicitousness — (rare, possibly nonstandard) Complicity.
- compliments slip — a slip of paper sent with a parcel that identifies the sender and expresses compliments
- composite family — the large and varied plant family Compositae (or Asteraceae), typified by herbaceous plants having alternate, opposite, or whorled leaves and a whorl of bracts surrounding the flower heads, which are usually composed of a disk containing tiny petalless flowers and a ray of petals extending from the flowers at the rim of the disk, some flower heads being composed only of a disk or a ray and some plants having clusters of flower heads, and including the aster, daisy, dandelion, goldenrod, marigold, ragweed, sunflower, thistle, and zinnia.
- composite school — a secondary school offering both academic and nonacademic courses
- compute parallel — (language) (Compel) The first single-assignment language.
- contemptibleness — The state or quality of being contemptible.
- contingency plan — a plan to be carried out if a more likely or desired outcome does not happen
- copolymerization — a process resembling polymerization, in which unlike molecules unite in alternate or random sequences in a chain
- coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
- corporate ladder — the hierarchy of posts with a particular corporation or corporations in general
- corporate lawyer — a lawyer who works for a corporation
- correcting plate — a thin lens used to correct incoming light rays in special forms of reflecting telescopes.
- cottage hospital — a small rural hospital
- counterproposals — Plural form of counterproposal.
- court of appeals — A Court of Appeals is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
- cramp sb's style — If someone or something cramps your style, their presence or existence restricts your behavior in some way.
- creeping thistle — a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- customer profile — a description or analysis of a typical or ideal customer for one's business
- d-type flip-flop — (hardware) A digital logic device that stores the status of its "D" input whenever its clock input makes a certain transition (low to high or high to low). The output, "Q", shows the currently stored value. Compare J-K flip-flop.
- dangling pointer — (programming) A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere. In C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid. Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that has moved or disappeared, e.g. a heap-allocated block which has been freed and reused. Used as jargon in a generalisation of its technical meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved is a dangling pointer.
- decapitalization — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- deflationary gap — a situation in which total spending in an economy is insufficient to buy all the output that can be produced with full employment
- delphi technique — a forecasting or decision-making technique that makes use of written questionnaires to eliminate the influence of personal relationships and the domination of committees by strong personalities
- depart this life — to die
- departmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of departmentalize.
- departmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize.
- departure lounge — In an airport, the departure lounge is the place where passengers wait before they get onto their plane.
- departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
- dependent clause — a clause that cannot function syntactically as a complete sentence by itself but has a nominal, adjectival, or adverbial function within a larger sentence; subordinate clause (Ex.: She will visit us if she can.)
- dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
- depleted uranium — Depleted uranium is a type of uranium that is used in some bombs.
- depoliticization — The act or process of depoliticizing.
- depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
- depolymerization — (chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments.
- depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
- development area — (in Britain) an area suffering from high unemployment and economic depression, because of the decline of its main industries, that is given government help to establish new industries
- development bank — A development bank is a bank that provides money for projects in poor countries or areas.
- development well — (in the oil industry) a well drilled for the production of oil or gas from a field already proven by appraisal drilling to be suitable for exploitation
- developmentalism — An economic theory which states that the best way for Third World countries to develop is through fostering a strong and varied internal market and to impose high tariffs on imported goods.
- developmentalist — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
- developmentation — (proscribed, chiefly, US, and, humorous) Development.
- devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
- diacetylmorphine — heroin.
- digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
- digital envelope — (cryptography)