14-letter words containing a, e, r, o, p, u
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- equiponderance — The state of being equal in weight; equipoise.
- equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
- equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
- escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- espíritu santo — an island in the SW Pacific: the largest and westernmost of the Vanuatu islands. Area: 4856 sq km (1875 sq miles)
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
- european union — political union of European countries
- eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
- exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
- garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
- george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
- group marriage — (among primitive peoples) a form of marriage in which a group of males is united with a group of females to form a single conjugal unit.
- group practice — Also called group medicine. the practice of medicine by an association of physicians and other health professionals who work together, usually in one suite of offices.
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- inter-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
- junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- marsupial mole — a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- mercapto group — the univalent group –SH.
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.