14-letter words containing h, o, p
- 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.
- sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
- sulphonium ion — a positive ion produced by the addition of a proton to the sulphur atom of a thiol or thio-ether
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
- 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.
- sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- superphosphate — Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- synchronoscope — synchroscope.
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- telegraph pole — A telegraph pole is a tall wooden pole with telephone wires attached to it, connecting several different buildings to the telephone system.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- telephone book — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
- telephone call — contact by phone
- telephone line — phone connection
- telephone pole — a utility pole for supporting telephone wires.
- telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- telephoto lens — a lens constructed so as to produce a relatively large image with a focal length shorter than that required by an ordinary lens producing an image of the same size: used to photograph small or distant objects.
- telephotograph — a photograph taken with a telephoto lens.
- telephotometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of light emanating from a distant object.
- text to speech — (application) (TTS) Automatic conversion of text streams to voice.
- thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
- thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
- the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
- 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 omnipotent — an epithet for God
- the open group — (body) (Formerly "X/Open") A vendor- and technology-neutral consortium of buyers and suppliers of information systems that aims to ease integration by testing and certifying products against open standards.
- the opposition — a political party or group opposed to the ruling party or government
- the palaeocene — the Palaeocene epoch or rock series
- the palaeogene — the Palaeogene period or system
- the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
- the paranormal — paranormal happenings generally
- the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- the pole vault — a field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- the top thirty — the thirty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
- the top twenty — the twenty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
- the unemployed — people who are out of work
- the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
- theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
- therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being