12-letter words containing sp
- dispiritedly — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- dispiritment — the state of being dispirited
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- displaceable — Capable of being displaced.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- display case — glass box, cabinet
- display hack — (graphics) A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
- display pack — an empty box, etc, on a shop shelf, advertising a piece of merchandise that, due to its value or size, is not stored on the shelf. The display pack is normally taken to the till and there exchanged, on payment, for the actual item
- display type — type larger than body type, used in headings, advertisements, etc.
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased
- displeasedly — in a displeased manner
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dispositions — Plural form of disposition.
- dispossessed — evicted, as from a dwelling, land, etc.; ousted.
- dispossesses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispossess.
- dispossessor — One who dispossesses.
- dispreferred — Simple past tense and past participle of disprefer.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- disprivilege — to deprive of privilege
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disputatious — fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- disrespected — lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- disspiriting — Present participle of disspirit alternative spelling of dispiriting.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dsp56165-gcc — A port of gcc version 1.40 to the Motorola DSP56156 and DSP56000 by Andrew Sterian <[email protected]>.
- dysphemistic — Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- edge species — a species of animal or plant living primarily in an ecotone
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- espagnolette — the fastening device on a French window
- espresso bar — a coffee house that specializes in espresso coffee and other coffee drinks with an espresso base
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- exasperation — A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
- exasperative — having an exasperating or irritating nature
- exspoliation — (obsolete) spoliation.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- garage space — space available for housing a motor vehicle, usually within a purpose-built building
- glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.