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14-letter words containing h, i, p, o, r, e

  • rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
  • schizo-phrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
  • shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
  • shopping spree — frenzied, indulgent buying
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
  • siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
  • sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
  • spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
  • splash erosion — erosion caused by the impact of falling raindrops.
  • sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • 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.
  • streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
  • striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
  • supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
  • the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the top thirty — the thirty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
  • therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
  • theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
  • thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
  • thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
  • tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
  • trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • 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.
  • vexillographer — a person who designs or makes flags.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
  • window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
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