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

  • potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
  • potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
  • prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • processor farm — (computer, parallel)   A parallel processor where tasks are distributed, or "farmed out", by one "farmer" processor to several "worker" processors, and results are sent back to the farmer. This arrangement is suitable for applications which can be partitioned into many separate, independent tasks, the canonical examples being ray tracing and the Mandelbrot set. In order to be efficient, the extra time spent on communications must be small compared to the time spent processing each task.
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
  • profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
  • proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
  • proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
  • purposefulness — having a purpose.
  • recessionproof — not susceptible to an economic recession: a recessionproof economy; He wants a long-term contract to make his job recessionproof.
  • repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
  • rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
  • saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
  • self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-composure — calmness and self-possession
  • 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-professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • self-propelled — propelled by itself.
  • self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
  • space platform — space station.
  • speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
  • special forces — crack military team
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • stephen foster — Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
  • stereospecific — (of a reaction) producing a simple stereoisomer.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • sulphur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
  • turn of phrase — expression, wording
  • unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
  • worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
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