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14-letter words containing e, c, i, p

  • occipital lobe — the most posterior lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, behind the parietal and temporal lobes.
  • offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
  • omnipercipient — Perceiving everything.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
  • one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
  • oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
  • oophorectomize — to surgically remove (one or both ovaries)
  • open communion — a communion service in which members of all denominations can participate.
  • openoffice.org — (project)   (OOo) The group that produces a free (GPL) cross-platform office suite that provides much of the same functionality as Microsoft Office including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and graphics. Each program can read and write both its own and Microsoft formats.
  • operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
  • operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
  • operation code — (programming)   (Always "op code" when spoken) The part or parts of a machine language instruction which determines what kind of action the computer should take, e.g. add, jump, load, store. In any particular instruction set certain fixed bit positions within the instruction word contain the op code, others give parameters such as the addresses or registers involved. For example, in a 32-bit instruction the most significant eight bits might be the op code giving 256 possible operations. For some instruction sets, certain values in the fixed bit positions may select a group of operations and the exact operation may depend on other bits within instruction word or subsequent words. When programming in assembly language, the op code is represented by a readable name called an instruction mnemonic.
  • opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • optoelectronic — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
  • over-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • over-precision — the state or quality of being precise.
  • overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • overcompliance — excessive compliance
  • overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • overoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • overparticular — precise beyond necessity
  • overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
  • overprotection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
  • overprotective — unduly protective.
  • overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
  • oversuspicious — too suspicious
  • owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • owner-occupier — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
  • package policy — an insurance policy which incorporates cover for different types of risk, such as liability and property
  • packed decimal — binary coded decimal
  • packet sniffer — (networking, tool)   A network monitoring tool that captures data packets and decodes them using built-in knowledge of common protocols. Sniffers are used to debug and monitor networking problems.
  • packet writing — (storage)   A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
  • pakapoo ticket — Australian Slang. something that is indecipherable or confusing: scrawled over like a pakapoo ticket.
  • palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • palaeoclimatic — relating to the climate of a prehistoric age
  • palaeoecologic — relating to palaeoecology
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • paleoecologist — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
  • panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
  • panic reaction — a widespread and excessive response of panic
  • panic-stricken — overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
  • panoramic view — wide vista or landscape
  • papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
  • parametrically — in terms of a parameter
  • parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
  • parcel gilding — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
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