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17-letter words containing p, e, i

  • criminal contempt — any seriously disrespectful act committed against the dignity or authority of a court.
  • critical pressure — the pressure of a gas or the saturated vapour pressure of a substance in its critical state
  • cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
  • cryptocrystalline — (of rocks) composed of crystals that can be distinguished individually only by the use of a polarizing microscope
  • culpable homicide — manslaughter
  • curie-temperature — the temperature beyond that at which a ferromagnetic substance exhibits paramagnetism.
  • cut a poor figure — to appear or behave badly
  • cylinder capacity — the cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons of an internal-combustion engine
  • cyrillic alphabet — the alphabet derived from that of the Greeks, supposedly by Saint Cyril, for the writing of Slavonic languages: now used primarily for Russian, Bulgarian, and the Serbian dialect of Serbo-Croat
  • d&o insurance — D&O insurance is a personal liability insurance that provides cover to the directors and senior executives of a company.
  • dagestan republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
  • daphnis and chloe — two lovers in pastoral literature, esp in a prose idyll attributed to the Greek writer Longus
  • dark-complexioned — (of a person) having a dark complexion
  • david copperfield — a novel (1850) by Charles Dickens.
  • de-specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • deceptive cadence — a cadence consisting of a dominant harmony followed by a resolution to a harmony other than the tonic.
  • deepwater horizon — an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, 40 miles (64km) south-east off the coast of Louisiana, that suffered a massive oil spill following an explosion in April 2010
  • dehospitalization — hospitalization insurance.
  • departmentalizing — Present participle of departmentalize.
  • depersonalisation — Alternative spelling of depersonalization.
  • depersonalization — the act or an instance of depersonalizing
  • dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
  • dephosphorylation — the removal of a phosphate group from an organic compound, as in the changing of ATP to ADP.
  • deportation order — a notification that a foreign national is legally required to leave the country
  • deprofessionalise — to remove from professional control, influence, manipulation, etc.
  • deprofessionalize — to remove from professional control, influence, manipulation, etc.
  • desktop publisher — desktop publishing
  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • developmentalists — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
  • dextroamphetamine — a dextrorotatory amphetamine, used to suppress appetite
  • dialect geography — linguistic geography
  • diaphragm pessary — a device for inserting into the vagina to deliver a drug, such as a contraceptive
  • diaphragm shutter — a camera shutter having a group of overlapping blades that open and close at the center when exposing film.
  • dibutyl phthalate — a colorless oily liquid, C 16 H 22 O 4 , insoluble in water, used as a solvent, insect repellent, and plasticizer.
  • dielectrophoresis — Dielectrophoresis is the movement of uncharged particles (= ones with no electrical charge) when a changing electric field is applied.
  • diethyltryptamine — a synthetic derivative of tryptamine with hallucinogenic and psychotogenic effects. Abbreviation: DET.
  • digital audiotape — a cassette containing magnetic tape used for high-fidelity digital recording or playback of audio. Abbreviation: DAT.
  • dihydromorphinone — a narcotic compound, C 17 H 19 O 3 N, prepared from morphine and used chiefly as an analgesic.
  • diphenylacetylene — tolan.
  • diphenylhydantoin — a white, slightly water-soluble powder, C 15 H 11 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its sodium salt to prevent or arrest convulsions in epilepsy.
  • dipped headlights — road vehicle headlights which have been switched from the main to the lower beam
  • dipterocarpaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Dipterocarpaceae, a family of trees chiefly native to tropical SE Asia, having two-winged fruits. Many species yield useful timber and resins
  • disaster planning — disaster recovery
  • discrete preorder — (mathematics)   A preorder is said to be discrete if any two of its elements are incomparable.
  • disorderly person — a person guilty of disorderly conduct.
  • dispassionateness — The state or quality of being dispassionate.
  • dispensationalism — the interpreting of history as a series of divine dispensations.
  • dispersive medium — a substance in which waves of different frequencies travel at different speeds
  • displacement hull — a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way.
  • disposable income — the part of a person's income remaining after deducting personal income taxes.
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