14-letter words containing p, e, s, t
- copper pyrites — chalcopyrite
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- copy and paste — to copy (information in a computer document) and put it somewhere else in the document
- cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- correspondents — Plural form of correspondent.
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterpersons — Plural form of counterperson.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- counterprotest — a protest which opposes an existing protest
- counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
- crêpes suzette — crêpes rolled or folded in a hot, orange-flavored sauce and usually served in flaming brandy
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- crystal palace — a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
- daguerreotypes — Plural form of daguerreotype.
- data processor — a computer that is capable of performing operations on data in order to extract information, reorder files, etc
- dead president — a banknote
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- deep structure — a representation of a sentence at a level where logical or grammatical relations are made explicit, before transformational rules have been applied
- demand deposit — a bank deposit from which withdrawals may be made without notice
- depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
- depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
- depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
- deputy sheriff — a person that is authorized to act as sheriff in certain circumstances
- design pattern — (programming) A description of an object-oriented design technique which names, abstracts and identifies aspects of a design structure that are useful for creating an object-oriented design. The design pattern identifies classes and instances, their roles, collaborations and responsibilities. Each design pattern focuses on a particular object-oriented design problem or issue. It describes when it applies, whether it can be applied in the presence of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of its use.
- despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
- despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- direct deposit — a plan in which salaries or other payments are transferred by the paying agency directly to the accounts of the recipients.
- disappointedly — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- disappropriate — To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
- disceptatorial — disputable
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.