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14-letter words containing f, e, l, p, o

  • marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
  • one fell swoop — a single hasty action or occurrence
  • opposite field — the opposite part of the outfield in relation to the batter, as left field for a right-handed batter.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
  • parole officer — an official who supervises a prisoner who is on parole
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
  • pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
  • people's front — popular front.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
  • petty official — a minor official in government, etc
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • placebo effect — a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.
  • platform frame — a building frame having studs only one story high, regardless of the number of stories built, each story having a box sill.
  • platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
  • platform soles — very thick soles on a pair of shoes
  • play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
  • police officer — any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
  • popcorn flower — a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.
  • potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
  • potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
  • pouilly fuissé — a dry white Burgundy wine made from the chardonnay grape
  • pouilly-fuisse — a dry, white wine from Burgundy.
  • poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
  • pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
  • purposefulness — having a purpose.
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-composure — calmness and self-possession
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-exploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
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