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15-letter words containing y, p, e

  • 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
  • developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • diphenhydramine — a white, crystalline, antihistaminic compound, C 17 H 21 NO, used orally, topically, and parenterally, especially for allergies.
  • diphenyl ketone — benzophenone.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • doomsday weapon — any weapon of extreme lethal or destructive power; superweapon
  • double jeopardy — the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished.
  • early-type star — any massive hot star of spectral type O, B, or A
  • 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
  • electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
  • encephalography — Any of various techniques for recording the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
  • encyclopaedical — Of or pertaining to encyclopaediae.
  • encyclopedicity — The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
  • endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
  • enumerated type — (programming)   (Or "enumeration") A type which includes in its definition an exhaustive list of possible values for variables of that type. Common examples include Boolean, which takes values from the list [true, false], and day-of-week which takes values [Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday]. Enumerated types are a feature of strongly typed languages, including C and Ada. Characters, (fixed-size) integers and even floating-point types could be (but are not usually) considered to be (large) enumerated types.
  • epeirogenically — in the manner of epeirogeny
  • epichlorohydrin — an organic compound used as a solvent in resin-making
  • 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
  • episodic memory — the recollection of events within their historical setting
  • eric conspiracy — (person, humour)   A shadowy group of moustachioed hackers named Eric first pinpointed as a sinister conspiracy by an infamous talk.bizarre posting ca. 1986. This was doubtless influenced by the numerous "Eric" jokes in the Monty Python oeuvre. There do indeed seem to be considerably more moustachioed Erics in hackerdom than the frequency of these three traits can account for unless they are correlated in some arcane way. Well-known examples include Eric Allman (of the "Allman style" described under indent style), Erik Fair (co-author of NNTP), Eric S. Raymond and about fifteen others. The organisation line "Eric Conspiracy Secret Laboratories" now emanates regularly from more than one site.
  • escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
  • ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • evening prayers — the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  • excess capacity — unused production capacity
  • expanded memory — (storage)   Memory used through EMS. In systems based on Intel 80386 or later processor expanded memory is part of the extended memory that is mapped into the expanded memory page frame by the processor. The mapping is controlled by the EMM. In earlier systems, a dedicated EMS hardware adaptor is needed to map memory into the page frame. In both cases, an appropriate device driver is needed for the proper communication between hardware and EMM.
  • 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
  • false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
  • family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
  • finance company — an institution engaged in such specialized forms of financing as purchasing accounts receivable, extending credit to retailers and manufacturers, discounting installment contracts, and granting loans with goods as security.
  • football player — sportsperson: plays football
  • 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.
  • full employment — all of workforce is employed
  • gaia hypothesis — a model of the earth as a self-regulating organism, advanced as an alternative to a mechanistic model.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • gestalt therapy — holistic psychotherapy
  • greenback party — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
  • grey propaganda — propaganda that does not identify its source
  • hardy perennial — a plant that lasts three seasons or more and that can withstand freezing temperatures
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