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14-letter words containing n, e, c, r, o, p

  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
  • 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
  • foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
  • free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
  • french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
  • function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
  • garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
  • geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
  • gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
  • hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
  • hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
  • hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
  • hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hyperconscious — acutely aware.
  • hyperexcretion — excessive excretion
  • hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
  • hyperresonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
  • hypersecretion — an excessive secretion.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
  • import licence — a government-issued document that authorizes the importation of goods into its country
  • in the process — If you are doing something and you do something else in the process, you do the second thing as part of doing the first thing.
  • inapproachable — not approachable.
  • income support — welfare payment to low earners
  • incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
  • incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
  • incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
  • incorporeities — Plural form of incorporeity.
  • indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • intercorporate — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
  • interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
  • interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
  • introspections — Plural form of introspection.
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • lance corporal — U.S. Marine Corps. an enlisted person ranking between private first class and corporal.
  • lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
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