14-letter words containing d, e, s, p, o, r
- spending power — income available for spending
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
- spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- streptodornase — a deoxyribonuclease, obtained from hemolytic streptococci, used in medicine for decomposing blood clots and fibrinous and purulent matter.
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unprepossessed — not prepossessed, not prejudiced; unbiased
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- well-supported — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- word processor — a computer program or computer system designed for word processing.
- zeno's paradox — any of various versions of a paradox regarding the relation of the discrete to the continuous and requiring the concept of limit for its satisfactory explanation.
- zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.