14-letter words containing s, t, r, i, p
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- copper pyrites — chalcopyrite
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- cornelis tromp — Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- corpus christi — a festival in honour of the Eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
- cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
- crossing point — a place where people cross a road, border, or river
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- cryptanalytics — cryptanalysis (def 1).
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- cryptococcosis — a disease affecting both animals and humans caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus
- cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptoporticus — a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
- cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
- cryptosporidia — Plural form of cryptosporidium.
- crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- dead president — a banknote
- depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
- deputy sheriff — a person that is authorized to act as sheriff in certain circumstances
- 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
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- 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.
- 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
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- disciplinarity — The quality of being an academic discipline.
- disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dispersibility — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- dispiritedness — The state or condition of being dispirited.
- disproportions — Plural form of disproportion.