14-letter words containing s, t, r, i, p
- bits per pixel — (hardware, graphics) (bpp) The number of bits of information stored per pixel of an image or displayed by a graphics adapter. The more bits there are, the more colours can be represented, but the more memory is required to store or display the image. A colour can be described by the intensities of red, green and blue (RGB) components. Allowing 8 bits (1 byte) per component (24 bits per pixel) gives 256 levels for each component and over 16 million different colours - more than the human eye can distinguish. Microsoft Windows [and others?] calls this truecolour. An image of 1024x768 with 24 bpp requires over 2 MB of memory. "High colour" uses 16 bpp (or 15 bpp), 5 bits for blue, 5 bits for red and 6 bits for green. This reduced colour precision gives a slight loss of image quality at a 1/3 saving on memory. Standard VGA uses a palette of 16 colours (4 bpp), each colour in the palette is 24 bit. Standard SVGA uses a palette of 256 colours (8 bpp). Some graphics hardware and software support 32-bit colour depths, including an 8-bit "alpha channel" for transparency effects.
- blacktip shark — a widely distributed sand shark, Charcharinus limbatus, having fins that appear to have been dipped in ink, inhabiting shallow waters of warm seas.
- blister copper — an impure form of copper having a blister-like surface due to the release of gas during cooling
- blister-packed — presented in a blister pack
- border dispute — a disagreement between countries about where the border between them should be drawn
- bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
- breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
- british empire — (formerly) the United Kingdom and the territories under its control, which reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I when it embraced over a quarter of the world's population and more than a quarter of the world's land surface
- britney spears — beers
- bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
- brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
- brownie points — a credit toward advancement or good standing gained especially by currying favor.
- bumper sticker — A bumper sticker is a small piece of paper or plastic with words or pictures on it, designed for sticking onto the back of your car. It usually has a political, religious, or humorous message.
- bursting point — the point at which normal capacity is exceeded.
- carpet slipper — Carpet slippers are soft, comfortable slippers.
- catastrophical — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
- catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- circumposition — the act of circumposing
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- circumspective — given to or marked by circumspection; watchful; cautious: His behavior was circumspective.
- claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
- co-conspirator — a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
- coconspirators — Plural form of coconspirator.
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- companion star — companion1 (def 6).
- compromisation — The act of compromising.
- computer virus — virus
- coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
- conscriptional — of or relating to conscription
- conspirational — of or relating to conspiration
- conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
- conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
- constraintlisp — (language) An object-oriented constraint language based on CSP. An extension of Common Lisp and CLOS.
- 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.
- contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
- contraposition — the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against