14-letter words containing p, t, e, r, o
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- dermatographia — a common medical condition in which lightly rubbing the skin produces red, often raised, temporary marks
- dermatographic — relating to dermatography
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
- 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.
- direct product — a group, or other such system, every element of which can be written uniquely as the product of elements of disjoint groups, with each group contributing one element to the product.
- disappropriate — To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
- disceptatorial — disputable
- 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.
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- doppler effect — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drop-dead date — an absolute deadline that cannot be missed
- drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
- dropper bottle — A dropper bottle is a container from which medicine is administered using a device that lets the medicine out in drops.
- 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
- dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
- east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
- elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
- 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
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- ephemeral port — (networking) A TCP or UDP port number that is automatically allocated from a predefined range by the TCP/IP stack software, typically to provide the port for the client end of a client-server communication.
- ephemeropteran — of or relating to the Ephemeroptera