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11-letter words containing p, e, d, i

  • cider press — a press for crushing apples for cider.
  • cider-apple — a variety of apple suitable for use in cider-making
  • cider-press — a type of press used to extract the juice from apples to make cider
  • cire perdue — a method of casting bronze, in which a mould is formed around a wax pattern, which is subsequently melted and drained away
  • clopidogrel — An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C16H16ClNO2S.
  • code police — (humour)   (By analogy with George Orwell's "Thought Police" in "1984") A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that enforce programming style rules. Used ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common.
  • companioned — Simple past tense and past participle of companion.
  • companywide — Extending throughout a company.
  • compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
  • compendiums — Plural form of compendium.
  • complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
  • compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
  • comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
  • condisciple — a fellow disciple or a fellow student
  • conscripted — enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
  • constipated — Someone who is constipated has difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from their body.
  • copy editor — A copy editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
  • copyediting — Alternative spelling of copy editing.
  • copyeditors — Plural form of copyeditor.
  • copyrighted — Copyrighted material is protected by a copyright.
  • cork-tipped — (of a cigarette) having a filter of cork or some material resembling cork
  • coup d'oeil — a quick glance
  • crab spider — any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs
  • credit slip — A credit slip is the same as a credit note.
  • credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
  • crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
  • custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
  • custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
  • cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
  • cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
  • dampishness — the quality of being dampish
  • day-tripper — A day-tripper is someone who goes on a day trip.
  • de-emphasis — a reduction in emphasis: There has been de-emphasis on athletic activities at the school.
  • deadpanning — Present participle of deadpan.
  • dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
  • decapitated — With the head removed.
  • decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
  • decapitator — One who decapitates.
  • deceptively — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
  • deciphering — Present participle of decipher.
  • decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
  • decomposing — Present participle of decompose.
  • decomposite — a composite element that is itself composed of other elements
  • decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
  • decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
  • deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
  • deemphasize — to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc.: The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.
  • deep design — a design process used in architecture, town planning, engineering, interior design, etc, the goal of which is to appeal not only to the thoughts and feelings of the conscious mind but also the visual imagery of the unconscious, while also aiming for sustainability
  • deep-litter — denoting a system in which a number of hens are housed in one covered enclosure, within which they can move about freely, on a layer of straw or wood shavings several centimetres deep
  • deep-voiced — having a voice that is low in pitch: a deep-voiced young man.
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