14-letter words containing s, t, r, i, p
- disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- disruptiveness — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drop-down list — pull-down list
- dunkirk spirit — fortitude and stoicism in a demanding or dangerous situation
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- eastern empire — the eastern part of the Roman Empire, especially after the division in a.d. 395, having its capital at Constantinople: survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in a.d. 476.
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
- ephemeris time — time that is based on the orbit of the earth around the sun rather than the axial rotation of the earth, one ephemeris second being 1⁄31 556 925.9747 of the tropical year 1900. It was used from 1960 to 1983 as an astronomical timescale but has been replaced by terrestrial dynamical time and barycentric dynamic time
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- erythropoiesis — The production of red blood cells.
- escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- espírito santo — a state of E Brazil, on the Atlantic: swampy coastal plain with mountains in the west; heavily forested. Capital: Vitória. Pop: 3 201 722 (2002). Area: 45 597 sq km (17 601 sq miles)
- espíritu santo — an island in the SW Pacific: the largest and westernmost of the Vanuatu islands. Area: 4856 sq km (1875 sq miles)
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- expert witness — In a court case, an expert witness is someone such as a doctor or other professional who testifies about and gives opinions on subjects and issues that have been raised in the particular court case.
- 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
- explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
- expressibility — The quality of being expressible.
- expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- extraprostatic — (anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- 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
- file separator — (character) (FS) ASCII character 28.
- fire apparatus — equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.
- first position — a position of the feet in which the heels are back to back and the toes point out to the sides.
- first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
- first-aid post — the place at an event where people can go for medical treatment if they become ill or are injured
- fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- graphic artist — sb who draws, paints, prints, etc.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.