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16-letter words containing f, e, o, r, s

  • parrot's-feather — a South American water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum, having hairlike pinnate leaves, widely cultivated as an aquarium plant.
  • parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
  • pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
  • pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
  • performance test — a test requiring little or no use of language, the test materials being designed to elicit manual or behavioral responses rather than verbal ones.
  • permafrost table — the variable surface constituting the upper limit of permafrost. Compare frostline (def 2).
  • person of colour — a person who is not White
  • personal effects — belongings
  • petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old
  • phosphor fatigue — screen saver
  • place of worship — religious house: church, temple
  • plaster of paris — calcined gypsum in white, powdery form, used as a base for gypsum plasters, as an additive of lime plasters, and as a material for making fine and ornamental casts: characterized by its ability to set rapidly when mixed with water.
  • post-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • preference stock — preferred stock.
  • presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
  • prespecification — the act of specifying.
  • press conference — a prearranged interview with news reporters, held to elicit publicity or, as granted by a dignitary, public official, research scientist, etc., to fulfill a request from the press.
  • pride oneself on — to be proud of
  • prisoner of bill — (humour)   (PoB) A derisory term, in use generally among Unix users, for anyone who uses Microsoft products either because they don't know there is anything better (i.e. Unix) or because they would be incapable of working anything more complex (i.e. Unix). The interesting and widespread presumption among users of the term is that (at least at the time of writing, 1998) using anything other than Unix or a Microsoft OS (whether VMS, Macintosh, Amiga) is so eccentric a choice as to be at least somewhat praiseworthy.
  • professionalisms — professional character, spirit, or methods.
  • proficiency test — an exam which test how proficient or skilled someone is in a particular activity, field of study, language, etc
  • proof of postage — a document, such as a receipt, etc, that proves that you have posted or mailed something
  • reasons of state — political justifications for an immoral act
  • reclassification — categorization in a different way
  • refresher course — a study course serving as a review of previous education.
  • refreshment room — a room in a railway station where food and drink was served
  • refuse collector — someone who collects of rubbish and waste, usually in a rubbish or refuse truck, before final disposal
  • registration fee — a fee paid to register, enrol or sign up for (a course, etc)
  • regius professor — Crown-appointed holder of a university chair
  • releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
  • remember oneself — to recover one's good manners after a lapse; stop behaving badly
  • rotation of axes — a process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes making a specified angle with and having the same origin as the original axes.
  • sales conference — meeting of salespeople
  • score points off — to gain an advantage at someone else's expense
  • seal of approval — royal stamp of endorsement
  • seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
  • security officer — civilian, policeman or soldier who is responsible for security in a town or country
  • self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • self-approbation — approval; commendation.
  • self-degradation — the act of degrading.
  • self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
  • self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
  • self-enforcement — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
  • self-explanatory — explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
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