14-letter words containing p, a, n, d, r, e
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- 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
- dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- earned surplus — retained earnings.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- equiponderance — The state of being equal in weight; equipoise.
- equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
- equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
- expansion card — (hardware) A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
- fiddle pattern — a pattern of spoon or fork having a handle that narrows abruptly from a broad, flat upper part and terminates with a pronounced shoulder above the bowl or tines.
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
- garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
- grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
- grande prairie — a city in W Alberta, in W Canada.
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
- grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
- gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperthreading — (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- japanese cedar — Japan cedar.
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard