14-letter words containing p, o, s
- 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
- dispiteousness — the state of being without pity
- display window — shop window displaying goods
- disposableness — Disposability.
- disproportions — Plural form of disproportion.
- disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
- disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
- dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
- dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- do you suppose — You can use 'do you suppose' to introduce a question when you want someone to give their opinion about something, although you know that they are unlikely to have any more knowledge or information about it than you.
- 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
- dover's powder — a powder containing ipecac and opium, used as an anodyne, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drop-down list — pull-down list
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
- dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- east palo alto — a town in W central California, on the S shore of San Francisco Bay.
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
- ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
- ego psychology — the study of the adaptive and mediating functions of the ego and their role in personality development and emotional disorder
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
- ellesmere port — a port in NW England, in NW Cheshire on the Mersey estuary and Manchester Ship Canal. Pop: 66 265 (2001)
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- emprosthotonos — Alternative form of emprosthotonus.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- endopeptidases — Plural form of endopeptidase.