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17-letter words containing n, s, p

  • dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
  • dephosphorylation — the removal of a phosphate group from an organic compound, as in the changing of ATP to ADP.
  • deprofessionalise — to remove from professional control, influence, manipulation, etc.
  • deprofessionalize — to remove from professional control, influence, manipulation, etc.
  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • developmentalists — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
  • disaster planning — disaster recovery
  • disorderly person — a person guilty of disorderly conduct.
  • dispassionateness — The state or quality of being dispassionate.
  • dispensationalism — the interpreting of history as a series of divine dispensations.
  • displacement hull — a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way.
  • display standards — display standard
  • disposable income — the part of a person's income remaining after deducting personal income taxes.
  • disproportionally — not in proportion; disproportionate.
  • disproportionates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disproportionate.
  • disrespectfulness — The state or quality of being disrespectful; disrespect; disregard.
  • disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
  • dissipation trail — a clear rift left behind an aircraft flying through a thin cloud layer.
  • doberman pinscher — one of a German breed of medium-sized, short-haired dogs having a black, brown, or blue coat with rusty brown markings.
  • dog and pony show — an elaborate sales, advertising, or publicity presentation or campaign.
  • doorstep salesman — a door-to-door salesman
  • down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
  • dramatis personae — (used with a plural verb) the characters in a play.
  • drop one's bundle — several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.
  • east grand rapids — a town in W central Michigan, near Grand Rapids.
  • eastern townships — an area of central Canada, in S Quebec: consists of 11 townships south of the St Lawrence
  • egyptian brackets — (programming, humour)   A humourous term for K&R indent style, referring to the "one hand up in front, one down behind" pose which popular culture inexplicably associates with Egypt.
  • electrodeposition — The deposition of a metal on a cathode during electrolysis; used as a method of purification.
  • elliptical spring — An elliptical spring is a spring that is made from two springs in the shape of elongated ovals laid cut in half and back-to-back.
  • emission spectrum — the continuous spectrum or pattern of bright lines or bands seen when the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a substance is passed into a spectrometer. The spectrum is characteristic of the emitting substance and the type of excitation to which it is subjected
  • employee benefits — benefits, such as health insurance, pension payments, or childcare, given to employees in addition to their usual salary or wage
  • employee discount — When the employees of a store or other retail business are entitled to an employee discount, they do not have to pay the full price for goods they buy in the store.
  • encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
  • enlarged prostate — disorder of male reproductive gland
  • escaping tendency — a property of a gas, related to its partial pressure, that expresses its tendency to escape or expand, given by d(log ef) = dμ/ RT, where μ is the chemical potential, R the gas constant, and T the thermodynamic temperature
  • european standard — a specification to be used as a consistent rule or guideline in the manufacture or selling of a certain product or service traded within Europe
  • excess employment — excessive numbers of employees for the amount of work available
  • experimental lisp — (language)   (xlisp) An experimental programming language combining a subset of Common Lisp with an object-oriented extension capability (Class and Object types). It was implemented by David Micheal Betz at Apple to allow experimentation with object-oriented programming on small computers. The C source code has been ported to Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari, and MS-DOS. Version 2.1 of the interpreter, by Tom Almy is closer to Common Lisp. E-mail: Tom Almy <[email protected]>.
  • explosion welding — the welding of two parts forced together by a controlled explosion
  • explosive forming — a rapid method of forming a metal object in which components are made by subjecting the metal to very high pressures generated by a controlled explosion
  • extrasolar planet — any other celestial body revolving around a star, illuminated by light from that star
  • factory inspector — a person who inspects factories
  • fancy dress party — a party at which the guests wear fancy dress
  • fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
  • fictitious person — a legal entity or artificial person, as a corporation.
  • field penny-cress — the common penny-cress, Thlaspi arvense.
  • first performance — the first time that a play or concert is performed
  • fitness programme — a plan to help someone improve their health and physical condition
  • flat as a pancake — without any curves or bumps
  • flexible response — a military strategy that enables the response to an attack to be adapted to the nature and strength of the attack
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