14-letter words containing d, e, s, p, o, r
- press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
- processed peas — peas that have been treated or prepared by a special method, esp in order to preserve them
- procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- producer goods — goods, such as raw materials and machines, that are used in producing other goods
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivities — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- progress board — a department of an organization, company, etc, that oversees and ensures progress, advance or development
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- pseudoscorpion — any of several small arachnids of the order Chelonethida that resemble a tailless scorpion and that feed chiefly on small insects.
- pseudosymmetry — an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.
- pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
- pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
- purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
- quasi-periodic — almost periodic
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiotherapist — radiologist
- reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- reserved power — a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- self-professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-propelled — propelled by itself.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- short-tempered — having a quick, hasty temper; irascible.
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
- sock suspender — garter (def 1).
- sound pressure — Also called excess sound pressure, instantaneous sound pressure. the difference between the pressure at a point in a medium through which a sound wave is passing and the static pressure of the medium at that point.
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).