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14-letter words containing i, p, r

  • expansion card — (hardware)   A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
  • experienceless — without experience; inexperienced
  • experientially — In terms of experience.
  • experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
  • expert witness — In a court case, an expert witness is someone such as a doctor or other professional who testifies about and gives opinions on subjects and issues that have been raised in the particular court case.
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
  • export invoice — a document issued by an exporter to an importer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due
  • export licence — a document issued by a government granting permission to a company to export certain goods or services
  • expressibility — The quality of being expressible.
  • expressionless — (of a person's face or voice) not conveying any emotion; unemotional.
  • expressiveness — The quality of being expressive; expressivity.
  • expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
  • extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
  • extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
  • extraprostatic — (anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate.
  • extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
  • eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
  • eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
  • fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • family therapy — the psychotherapeutic treatment of more than one member of a family simultaneously at the same session, based on the assumption that problems can best be understood and corrected by observing the interaction of family members and identifying methods for improving their interrelationships.
  • fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
  • feather pillow — soft headrest stuffed with feathers
  • fertile period — the time during a woman's menstrual cycle at which she is most likely to become pregnant, or the equivalent time for an animal
  • fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
  • fiddle pattern — a pattern of spoon or fork having a handle that narrows abruptly from a broad, flat upper part and terminates with a pronounced shoulder above the bowl or tines.
  • fidget spinner — a small toy comprising two or three prongs arranged around a central bearing, designed to be spun by the fingers as means of improving concentration or relieving stress
  • field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
  • fiery-tempered — easily angered
  • fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
  • file separator — (character)   (FS) ASCII character 28.
  • film projector — an optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall
  • fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
  • fingerprinting — Present participle of fingerprint.
  • fingerspelling — the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.
  • fire apparatus — equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.
  • fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat
  • fireproof door — a door that is designed to prevent fire from spreading
  • first position — a position of the feet in which the heels are back to back and the toes point out to the sides.
  • first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
  • first-aid post — the place at an event where people can go for medical treatment if they become ill or are injured
  • fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
  • five-year plan — any plan for national economic or industrial development specifying goals to be reached within a period of five years, especially as undertaken by the Soviet Union and China.
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
  • floor polisher — an electrical appliance used for polishing floors
  • fluid pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid, directly proportional to the specific gravity at any point and to the height of the fluid above the point.
  • flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
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