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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 It was used from 1960 to 1983 as an astronomical timescale but has been replaced by terrestrial dynamical time and barycentric dynamic time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.
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