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13-letter words containing p, d, c

  • disk capacity — the maximum number of bytes that can be held on a disk
  • dispatch boat — a small, fast boat used for delivering dispatches.
  • dispatch case — attaché case.
  • displacements — Plural form of displacement.
  • dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
  • disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
  • disrespecting — Present participle of disrespect.
  • disrespective — (obsolete) Showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
  • dna computing — (architecture)   The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
  • dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
  • dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
  • dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
  • dodecylphenol — a thick, straw-colored, water-insoluble liquid mixture of isomers having the formula C 18 H 30 O, used chiefly as a solvent and as an intermediate for surface-active agents.
  • dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
  • dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad
  • drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
  • dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
  • duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
  • duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
  • encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
  • encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
  • encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
  • epidemiologic — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • escape device — a device with a collapsible extensible slide, used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
  • expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
  • export credit — a loan extended to an importer by a bank in the country of the exporter in order to finance an export operation
  • feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
  • field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
  • fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
  • fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
  • fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
  • glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • graphics card — graphics adaptor
  • heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
  • hippuric acid — a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C9H9NO3
  • humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
  • hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
  • hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
  • hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
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