14-letter words containing r, e, p, a, s, t
- cavalier poets — a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
- central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- chapel of rest — a room in an undertaker's place of business where bodies are laid out in their coffins to be viewed before the funeral
- chase pointers — (programming) To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
- chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
- chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
- chest expander — a device for strengthening the chest muscles, consisting of two handles attached to strong springs or elastic cords that the user pulls apart across the chest
- chromatophores — Plural form of chromatophore.
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
- compass rafter — a rafter cut to a curve on one or both edges.
- container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
- contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against
- cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- 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.
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- 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
- 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
- depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
- 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
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- disappropriate — To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
- disceptatorial — disputable
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- eastern empire — the eastern part of the Roman Empire, especially after the division in a.d. 395, having its capital at Constantinople: survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in a.d. 476.