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13-letter words containing n, s, p

  • cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
  • cupping glass — a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting
  • cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
  • custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
  • cut and paste — a technique used in word processing by which a section of text can be moved within a document
  • cut-and-paste — assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut-and-paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings.
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
  • data striping — (storage)   Segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices (usually disk drives) in a round-robin fashion. This technique is useful if the processor is capable of reading or writing data faster than a single disk can supply or accept it. While data is being transferred from the first disk, the second disk can locate the next segment. Data striping is used in some modern databases, such as Sybase, and in certain RAID devices under hardware control, such as IBM's RAMAC array subsystem (9304/9395). Data striping is different from, and may be used in conjunction with, mirroring.
  • decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
  • deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
  • decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
  • decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
  • decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
  • decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
  • decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
  • deemphasizing — Present participle of deemphasize.
  • deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
  • deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
  • deipnosophist — a person who is a master of dinner-table conversation
  • dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
  • dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
  • depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
  • depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
  • deposit money — checks, letters of credit, etc., that circulate and are payable on demand.
  • depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
  • depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
  • depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
  • desperateness — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
  • dessert spoon — A dessert spoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
  • dessertspoons — Plural form of dessertspoon.
  • diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
  • dilapidations — Plural form of dilapidation.
  • dip one's lid — to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc
  • dip-and-scarp — (of topography) characterized by alternating steeper scarp slopes and gentler dip slopes
  • dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
  • disappearance — the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.
  • disappointing — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
  • disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
  • discrepancies — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
  • disemployment — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
  • disempowering — Present participle of disempower.
  • disgospelling — depriving of access to the gospel
  • disk striping — data striping
  • disparagement — the act of disparaging.
  • disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • disparateness — The degree to which a thing is disparate.
  • dispassionate — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
  • dispensations — Plural form of dispensation.
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