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14-letter words containing s, p, o, t, c

  • curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios
  • custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
  • cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
  • 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
  • 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
  • depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
  • depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
  • despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
  • 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.
  • disapplication — a provision for exempting schools or individuals from the requirements of the National Curriculum in special circumstances
  • disceptatorial — disputable
  • disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
  • ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
  • electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
  • electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
  • emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
  • exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
  • expansionistic — Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
  • extraprostatic — (anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate.
  • filiopietistic — of or relating to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
  • function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
  • galactic poles — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • galactopoiesis — increasing the secretion of milk.
  • galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
  • hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
  • harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
  • heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
  • hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
  • hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
  • hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
  • heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
  • heterostrophic — (of a shell) twisting or turning in a different direction
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
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