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14-letter words containing s, a, n, d, p

  • disappointmentCape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
  • disapprobation — disapproval; condemnation.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • 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
  • disimpassioned — calm; dispassionate.
  • disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • earned surplus — retained earnings.
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
  • endopeptidases — Plural form of endopeptidase.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
  • expansion card — (hardware)   A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
  • fish and chips — fried fish fillets and French fries.
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
  • impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
  • indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
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