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14-letter words containing e, n, d, p, r

  • 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.
  • space invaders — a video or computer game, the object of which is to destroy attacking alien spacecraft
  • spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
  • speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • spending spree — a brief period of extravagant spending
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • streptodornase — a deoxyribonuclease, obtained from hemolytic streptococci, used in medicine for decomposing blood clots and fibrinous and purulent matter.
  • striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
  • summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
  • sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
  • superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • 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
  • superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • superintendent — a person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district, etc.; supervisor.
  • suspender belt — garter belt.
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
  • the gender gap — the difference in the attitudes, behaviour, abilities, etc, of men and women, or boys and girls
  • the upper hand — If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
  • the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • tontine period — the stipulated period during which a tontine life assurance system is in operation
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
  • trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
  • trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
  • un-apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
  • un-depreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
  • un-replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
  • uncomprehended — not comprehended or understood
  • uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • under-pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
  • underdeveloped — improperly or insufficiently developed.
  • underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
  • underhand chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground
  • underpopulated — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
  • underrepresent — to give inadequate representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately low.
  • understrapping — subordinate or inferior
  • undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
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