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14-letter words containing e, p, h, o, r, s

  • coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
  • container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
  • controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
  • coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
  • counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
  • cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
  • cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • diffeomorphism — a differentiable homeomorphism.
  • dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
  • east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
  • electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
  • emprosthotonos — Alternative form of emprosthotonus.
  • emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • erythropoiesis — The production of red blood cells.
  • euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
  • exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
  • fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
  • fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • floor polisher — an electrical appliance used for polishing floors
  • frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
  • ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
  • go pear-shaped — If a situation goes pear-shaped, bad things start happening.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
  • hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
  • heresiographer — a person who writes about heresy
  • hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
  • heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
  • heteromorphism — The quality or condition of existing in various forms.
  • heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
  • heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
  • heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
  • heterostrophic — (of a shell) twisting or turning in a different direction
  • hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
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