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15-letter words containing t, y, p, i

  • copy protection — a routine that is included in a program by its publisher to prevent the software from being duplicated except for a single backup copy.
  • copyright block — a block of four or more U.S. stamps that includes, in the selvage of the sheet, the copyright mark of the U.S. Postal Service.
  • country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
  • county palatine — the lands of a count palatine
  • credibility gap — A credibility gap is the difference between what a person says or promises and what they actually think or do.
  • creeping myrtle — any of several Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plants of the genus Vinca, such as V. minor (lesser periwinkle) and V. major (greater periwinkle), having trailing stems and blue flowers
  • crispy critters — (jargon)   (Or "Crispy Crittered". From the "Post" breakfast cereal of the same name) hardware which is fried or toast.
  • crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
  • cryoprecipitate — a precipitate obtained by controlled thawing of a previously frozen substance. Factor VIII, for treating haemophilia, is often obtained as a cryoprecipitate from frozen blood
  • cryptographical — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cryptosporidium — any parasitic sporozoan protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, species of which are parasites of birds and animals and can be transmitted to humans, causing severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea (cryptosporidiosis)
  • cryptozoologist — an expert in cryptozoology
  • crystal pick-up — a record-player pick-up in which the current is generated by the deformation of a piezoelectric crystal caused by the movements of the stylus
  • cyclopentadiene — a colourless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon obtained in the cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons and the distillation of coal tar: used in the manufacture of plastics and insecticides. Formula: C5H6
  • cytophotometric — of or relating to cytophotometry
  • cytoplasmically — by means of a cytoplasm
  • daguerreotyping — Present participle of daguerreotype.
  • daguerreotypist — an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
  • decipherability — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
  • depletion layer — a region at the interface between dissimilar zones of conductivity in a semiconductor, in which there are few charge carriers
  • deputy minister — (in Canada) the senior civil servant in a government department
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • dermatophytosis — a fungal infection of the skin, esp the feet
  • diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
  • diphenyl ketone — benzophenone.
  • disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
  • dispassionately — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
  • disperse system — Also, dispersal. an act, state, or instance of dispersing or of being dispersed.
  • display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
  • dispositionally — In a dispositional manner.
  • disreputability — The state of being disreputable.
  • disrespectfully — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
  • dixiecrat party — States' Rights Democratic Party.
  • drying-up cloth — a tea towel
  • dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
  • egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
  • egyptian jasper — a type of jasper, generally with zones of colour, found in desert regions of Egypt
  • encyclopedicity — The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
  • epicyclic train — a cluster of gears consisting of a central gearwheel with external teeth (the sun), a coaxial gearwheel of greater diameter with internal teeth (the annulus), and one or more planetary gears engaging with both of them to provide a large gear ratio in a compact space
  • escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • excess capacity — unused production capacity
  • fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
  • fairy footsteps — heavy footsteps
  • family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
  • floating policy — (in marine insurance) a policy that provides protection of a broad nature for shipments of merchandise and that is valid continuously until canceled.
  • floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
  • for pity's sake — You can say for pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
  • free soil party — a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
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