14-letter words containing g, o, p, r, i
- spelling error — an error in the conventionally accepted form of spelling a word
- spending power — income available for spending
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
- sporangiospore — a spore that is produced within a sporangium.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
- starting point — place where sth begins
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- stopping train — a train that stops at local stations as well as the main ones
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- strip cropping — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- train-spotting — (of a train enthusiast) the activity of going to train stations and recording the numbers of trains
- transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
- tropologically — in a way which uses figurative language
- tutorial group — a small grouping of students given intensive tuition by a tutor
- uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
- 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
- vexillographer — a person who designs or makes flags.
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- 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
- working papers — documents permitting employment
- xeroradiograph — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.