14-letter words containing e, p, i, c, o, n
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superscription — the act of superscribing.
- superstruction — the action of superstructing
- suspiciousness — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- taínaron, cape — Matapan
- take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
- therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
- topic sentence — a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
- twopenny piece — a two pence coin
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unappreciation — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unincorporated — not chartered as a corporation; lacking the powers and immunities of a corporate enterprise: an unincorporated business.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
- unreciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- unreproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- unsophisticate — not sophisticated
- 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
- voice response — output of information from a computer system in the form of speech rather than displayed text
- water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
- wine-producing — of or relating to a place where wine is produced
- winnipeg couch — a couch with no arms or back, opening out into a double bed
- xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- zinc phosphide — a dark-gray, gritty, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Zn 3 P 2 , used chiefly as a rodenticide.
- zona pellucida — the transparent, noncellular layer surrounding the ovum of mammals, often having radial striations.