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14-letter words containing s, p, e, n, d, r

  • 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
  • fidget spinner — a small toy comprising two or three prongs arranged around a central bearing, designed to be spun by the fingers as means of improving concentration or relieving stress
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
  • 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.
  • groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
  • groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • hydronephrosis — dilation of the branches and pelvic cavity of the kidney, caused by an accumulation of urine resulting from obstruction of normal outflow.
  • hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
  • hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
  • indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
  • inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
  • japanese cedar — Japan cedar.
  • jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
  • kindred spirit — likeminded person
  • leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
  • life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • middle persian — the Persian language at a stage that begins c300 b.c. and includes Pahlavi (attested from the 3rd to the 7th centuries a.d.) as well as the West Iranian literatures (3rd–10th centuries a.d.) of religions carried outside Persia. Abbreviation: MPers.
  • misapprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend.
  • misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
  • misinterpreted — Simple past tense and past participle of misinterpret.
  • misrepresented — Simple past tense and past participle of misrepresent.
  • modern persian — the Persian language since the Middle Persian stage.
  • modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
  • monodispersive — Monodisperse.
  • non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
  • non-dispersive — serving or tending to disperse.
  • non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
  • nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
  • nonpressurized — Not pressurized.
  • ordnance corps — a combat support military unit responsible for developing and maintaining weapons and weapon systems
  • painted desert — a region in N central Arizona, E of the Colorado River: many-colored rock surfaces.
  • panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • partners' desk — a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.
  • passenger door — a car door that is used by a passenger
  • passenger side — the side of a car which is not the driver's side
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • pedestrianized — A pedestrianized area has been made into an area that is intended for pedestrians, not vehicles.
  • perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
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