14-letter words containing s, p, a, t
- copy and paste — to copy (information in a computer document) and put it somewhere else in the document
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- cosmopolitical — relating to all polities
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- 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.
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- cryptanalytics — cryptanalysis (def 1).
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptosporidia — Plural form of cryptosporidium.
- 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
- 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.
- dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- data processor — a computer that is capable of performing operations on data in order to extract information, reorder files, etc
- dead president — a banknote
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- demand deposit — a bank deposit from which withdrawals may be made without notice
- 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
- 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
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- 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.
- disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- disapprobation — disapproval; condemnation.
- disapprobatory — Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
- disappropriate — To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
- disceptatorial — disputable
- disciplinarity — The quality of being an academic discipline.
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches
- 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
- disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
- disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.