14-letter words containing h, o, p, i, r
- social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- 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.
- sporotrichosis — a widespread infectious disease marked by nodules or ulcers of the skin, chiefly affecting humans and domestic mammals and caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii.
- 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
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- 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.
- third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- trichophytosis — a skin infection caused by a trichophyton
- tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- 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.
- whirlpool bath — a bath in which the body is immersed in swirling water as therapy or for relaxation.
- 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.