14-letter words containing e, l, i, p
- unspiritualize — to deprive of spiritual qualities
- unsplinterable — unable to be splintered
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- utility player — a player who is capable of playing competently in any of several positions
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
- 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
- vexillographer — a person who designs or makes flags.
- vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
- viewing public — people who watch television, considered collectively
- ville-de-paris — a department in N France. 41 sq. mi. (106 sq. km). Capital: Paris.
- vincennes lisp — (language) (VLISP) A dialect of Lisp resulting from development, starting in 1971, of Lisp interpreters and compilers at the University of Paris VIII - Vincennes. VLISP interpreters and compilers were designed to run on small computers.
- visible speech — the representation in graphic or pictorial form of characteristics of speech, as by means of sound spectrograms.
- voltaic couple — a pair of substances, as two different metals, that when placed in a proper solution produces an electromotive force by chemical action.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
- waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
- water plantain — any of several marsh plants of the genus Alisma, esp A. plantago-aquatica, of N temperate regions and Australia, having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed leaves: family Alismataceae
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- weeping willow — an Asian willow, Salix babylonica, characterized by the drooping habit of its branches.
- well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.
- well-dispersed — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- well-practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
- well-published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- white elephant — a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
- willow pattern — a decorative design in English ceramics, depicting chiefly a willow tree, small bridge, and two birds, derived from Chinese sources and introduced in approximately 1780: often executed in blue and white but sometimes in red and white.
- wilson's snipe — a North American common snipe, Gallinago (Capella) gallinago delicata.
- winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
- world premiere — the first public performance of a play, motion picture, musical work, etc.
- worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
- xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
- xiphihumeralis — a long pectoral muscle found only in felines
- zona pellucida — the transparent, noncellular layer surrounding the ovum of mammals, often having radial striations.