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14-letter words containing p, l, a, s

  • corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
  • corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
  • corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • cosmopolitical — relating to all polities
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
  • cross-platform — (software, hardware)   A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java.
  • cryptanalytics — cryptanalysis (def 1).
  • cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
  • 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
  • crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
  • delayed speech — a speech disorder of children in which the levels of intelligibility, vocabulary, complexity of utterance, etc., are significantly below the levels considered standard for a particular age.
  • dependableness — Dependability.
  • depersonalised — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalise.
  • depersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalize.
  • depersonalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depersonalize.
  • deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
  • depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
  • despicableness — The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
  • despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
  • despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • dip-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is in the direction of the dip of the fault
  • disapplication — a provision for exempting schools or individuals from the requirements of the National Curriculum in special circumstances
  • disappointedly — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • disceptatorial — disputable
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • disciplinarian — a person who enforces or advocates discipline: The teacher was a formidable disciplinarian.
  • disciplinaries — Plural form of disciplinary.
  • disciplinarily — In a disciplinary way.
  • disciplinarity — The quality of being an academic discipline.
  • disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
  • discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
  • dispensability — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
  • dispensational — Of or pertaining to dispensation.
  • dispensatively — in a dispensative manner
  • 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
  • display window — shop window displaying goods
  • displeasedness — the state of being displeased
  • disposableness — Disposability.
  • disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
  • disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
  • disrespectable — not respectable.
  • dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
  • donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
  • door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
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