14-letter words containing p, a, e
- dispensational — Of or pertaining to dispensation.
- dispensatively — in a dispensative manner
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dispersal zone — a defined area in which any police or community support officer can force any group of two or more people to disperse for 24 hours
- displeasedness — the state of being displeased
- disposableness — Disposability.
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
- dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- dovetail plane — a plane for cutting tongues and grooves with parallel or inclined sides.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- drag parachute — drogue parachute (def 2).
- drag-parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
- dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
- draw a picture — represent sth visually
- draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- drop-dead date — an absolute deadline that cannot be missed
- drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- earned surplus — retained earnings.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- east pakistani — of or relating to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants
- east palo alto — a town in W central California, on the S shore of San Francisco Bay.
- 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.
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- eat humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
- ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
- edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.