20-letter words containing ep
- a repeat performance — If there is a repeat performance of something, usually something undesirable, it happens again.
- anticrepuscular arch — antitwilight arch.
- apparent candlepower — a measure of the luminous intensity of an extended source of light in terms of the candlepower of a point source of light that has an equivalent luminous intensity when placed at the same distance as the extended source.
- archiepiscopal cross — patriarchal cross.
- asexual reproduction — reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.
- asleep at the switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- belgian shepherd dog — a medium-sized well-proportioned dog of a breed that resembles an Alsatian in appearance and is often used as a sheepdog or a guard dog
- brachiocephalic vein — either of two major veins, formed by the merger of the subclavian and internal jugular veins, that drain blood from the head and arms.
- canine leptospirosis — an often fatal intestinal disease in dogs, caused by any of several spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
- character repertoire — (character) The set of all characters onto which a coded character set maps integers (code positions). For example, consider these two simple coded character sets: Coded Character Set One: integer 0 -> the character "A" integer 1 -> the character "B" Coded Character Set Two: integer 0 -> the character "B" integer 1 -> the character "A" Both of these coded character sets map to the characters "A" and "B", so they have the same character repertoire. But since the mapping is different (and obviously incompatible), these are different coded character sets.
- chemically dependent — addicted to a drug or drugs
- cleansing department — the department of a local authority that collects refuse
- deep vein thrombosis — Deep vein thrombosis is a serious medical condition caused by blood clots in the legs moving up to the lungs. The abbreviation DVT is also used.
- deep-vein thrombosis — a condition in which a blood clot forms in a vein deep beneath the skin, typically in the leg or pelvic area: Immobility and lack of exercise are risk factors for deep-vein thrombosis.
- department of energy — the department of the U.S. federal government that sets forth and maintains the national energy policy, including energy conservation, environmental protection, etc. Abbreviation: DOE.
- department of health — government ministry for health matters
- dependency allowance — an allowance paid by a government to a person who cares for dependants
- depreciation expense — A depreciation expense is the amount deducted from gross profit to allow for a reduction in the value of something because of its age or how much it has been used.
- education department — the department of a local authority that is concerned with education, or the government department concerned with education
- electroencephalogram — A test or record of brain activity produced by electroencephalography.
- elephant in the room — an obvious truth deliberately ignored by all parties in a situation
- epidural anaesthesia — numbing injection in the spine
- epitaxial transistor — a transistor made by depositing a thin pure layer of semiconductor material (epitaxial layer) onto a crystalline support by epitaxy. The layer acts as one of the electrode regions, usually the collector
- gorno-altai republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous, rising over 4350 m (14 500 ft) in the Altai Mountains of the south. Capital: Gorno-Altaisk. Pop: 202 900 (2002). Area: 92 600 sq km (35 740 sq miles)
- group representation — representation in a governing body on the basis of interests rather than by geographical location.
- how are you keeping? — how are you?
- independence of path — the property of a function for which the line integral has the same value along all curves between two specified points.
- independent variable — Mathematics. a variable in a functional relation whose value determines the value or values of other variables, as x in the relation y = 3 x 2 . Compare dependent variable (def 1).
- independently-minded — self-reliant and seeking autonomy
- indicated horsepower — the horsepower of a reciprocating engine as shown by an indicator record. Abbreviation: ihp, IHP.
- infectious hepatitis — hepatitis A.
- joseph of arimathaea — a member of the Sanhedrin who placed the body of Jesus in the tomb. Matt. 27:57–60; Mark 15:43.
- keep a straight face — look serious, avoid smiling
- keep a tight rein on — to control carefully; limit
- keep one's eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- keep one's pecker up — If you tell someone to keep their pecker up, you are encouraging them to be cheerful in a difficult situation.
- keep your mouth shut — If you keep your mouth shut about something, you do not talk about it, especially because it is a secret.
- kleene, stephen cole — Stephen Kleene
- legal representation — representation by a lawyer
- lighthouse coffeepot — a coffeepot of the late 17th and 18th centuries, having a tapering, circular body with a domed lid.
- magnetoencephalogram — a record of the magnetic field of the brain. Abbreviation: MEG.
- make sheep's eyes at — to look shyly but amorously at
- marketing department — the department of a commercial organization that deals with the marketing of products
- maternal deprivation — the lack of a mother in a child's life, considered a cause of psychological problems later in life
- multistep hydroplane — a motorship having a flat bottom built as a series of planes inclined forward, the ship planing on each from stem to stern as its speed increases.
- nephroangiosclerosis — (pathology) sclerosis of the renal arterioles.
- nonrepeating decimal — a decimal representation of any irrational number, having the property that no sequence of digits is repeated ad infinitum.
- of (the) deepest dye — of the most marked, esp. the worst, sort
- old english sheepdog — one of an English breed of large working dogs having a long, shaggy, gray or blue-merle and white coat that hangs over the eyes, and a bobbed tail, originally developed to drive sheep and cattle.
- peremptory exception — a plea in bar of an action.
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