14-letter words containing n, i, m, p
- contemperation — the act of contempering
- contemplations — Plural form of contemplation.
- contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
- contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- 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.
- crepe marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
- cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- demand deposit — a bank deposit from which withdrawals may be made without notice
- dental implant — artificial tooth fixed into the jaw
- depigmentation — the state of lacking or the process of losing pigmentation, usually of the skin
- detention camp — a compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws.
- diamond-shaped — rhombic
- dicamptodontid — (zoology) Any member of the Dicamptodontidae.
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
- disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disimpassioned — calm; dispassionate.
- displenishment — the act of displenishing
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- dumping ground — dump (def 17).
- dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
- dynamic typing — (programming) Enforcement of type rules at run time as opposed to compile time. Dynamic typing catches more errors as run-time exceptions than static typing.
- eastern empire — the eastern part of the Roman Empire, especially after the division in a.d. 395, having its capital at Constantinople: survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in a.d. 476.
- emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- ensemble piece — a play involving no individual star but several actors whose roles are of equal importance
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
- extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
- fine champagne — a high-quality cognac distilled from grapes grown in the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne vineyards of western France.
- fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
- free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- generic markup — (text) In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, such as paragraphs, headers or footnotes. SGML is an example of such a system. Specific instructions for layout of the text on the page do not appear in the markup.
- geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.