14-letter words containing t, e, l, p
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
- country people — people who live in the country
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
- crystal palace — a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936
- cultured pearl — A cultured pearl is a pearl that is created by putting sand or grit into an oyster.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
- dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
- dataparallel-c — (language, parallel) C with parallel extensions by Hatcher and Quinn of the University of New Hampshire. Dataparallel-C was based on an early version of C* and runs on the Intel iPSC-2 and nCube.
- deccan plateau — triangular tableland occupying most of the peninsula of India, between the Eastern Ghats & Western Ghats & south of the Narbada River
- default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
- delta particle — a very short-lived hyperon
- dental implant — artificial tooth fixed into the jaw
- departmentally — In a departmental manner; affecting departments.
- depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
- depolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
- depoliticizing — Present participle of depoliticize.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- depth of field — the range of distance in front of and behind an object focused by an optical instrument, such as a camera or microscope, within which other objects will also appear clear and sharply defined in the resulting image
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
- despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- developability — to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- disappointedly — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disceptatorial — disputable
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- dispensability — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
- dispensational — Of or pertaining to dispensation.
- dispensatively — in a dispensative manner
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dispersibility — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- displenishment — the act of displenishing
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- doppler effect — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- dovetail plane — a plane for cutting tongues and grooves with parallel or inclined sides.
- draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
- dropper bottle — A dropper bottle is a container from which medicine is administered using a device that lets the medicine out in drops.
- duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts