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14-letter words containing l, o, p, e, s

  • pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
  • pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
  • psychoanalyses — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
  • pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
  • purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
  • purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
  • purposefulness — having a purpose.
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
  • pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
  • quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • queens problem — eight queens puzzle
  • rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
  • repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
  • responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
  • rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
  • runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
  • sable antelope — a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
  • scaphocephalic — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
  • scaphocephalus — a condition in which the length of the skull significantly exceeds its breadth
  • scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
  • sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
  • sclerophyllous — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
  • self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-composure — calmness and self-possession
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-exploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
  • self-possessed — having or showing control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composed; poised.
  • self-professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • self-propelled — propelled by itself.
  • self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
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