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16-letter words containing o, p, e, i, d, s

  • dneprodzerzhinsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
  • do sth in person — If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
  • dolichocephalism — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • domestic partner — either member of an unmarried, cohabiting, and especially homosexual couple that seeks benefits usually available only to spouses.
  • domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
  • double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
  • echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
  • ectoparasiticide — Any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.
  • electrodeposited — Deposited by electrodeposition.
  • explosive device — a device, such as a bomb, that explodes or bursts loudly and with great force
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
  • footsteps editor — the technician who adds sound effects, such as doors closing, rain falling, etc, during the postproduction sound-dubbing process
  • frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
  • garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
  • gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
  • gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
  • great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
  • head post office — the main post office in a town
  • hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • immunosuppressed — the inhibition of the normal immune response because of disease, the administration of drugs, or surgery.
  • incorrespondence — Lack of correspondence; failure to correspond or match up; disagreement; disproportion.
  • indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
  • intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
  • isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
  • josquin des prés — Josquin [zhuhs-kan;; French zhaws-kan] /ˈʒʌs kæn;; French ʒɔsˈkɛ̃/ (Show IPA), c1445–1521, Flemish composer.
  • josquin des prez — 1440?-1521; Fr. composer
  • kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
  • ladies'-eardrops — lady's-earrings.
  • level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
  • limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
  • manic depression — bipolar disorder.
  • menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
  • mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
  • moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
  • noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
  • odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
  • opposed-cylinder — (of an internal-combustion engine) having cylinders on opposite sides of the crankcase in the same plane
  • over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • panel discussion — a formal discussion before an audience for which the topic, speakers, etc., have been selected in advance.
  • parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
  • passage to india — a novel (1924) by E. M. Forster.
  • pays de la loire — a region of W France, on the Bay of Biscay: generally low-lying, drained by the River Loire and its tributaries; agricultural
  • pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
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