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14-letter words containing n, p, l

  • 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
  • repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • respectfulness — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
  • responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
  • rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
  • ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
  • rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
  • rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
  • roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
  • roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • routing policy — (networking)   Rules implemented on a router or other network device to select routes from peers, customers, and upstream providers; select and modify routes you send to peers, customers and upstream providers and identify routes within your own Autonomous System.
  • rummelgumption — commonsense
  • rummlegumption — common sense
  • 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.
  • sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
  • sales planning — the business activity of estimating future sales of products or services and setting sales targets
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
  • sanctuary lamp — a lamp, usually red, placed in a prominent position in the sanctuary of a church, that when lit indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • 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-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
  • selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • serial line ip — (SLIP) Serial Line Internet Protocol.
  • serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
  • sesquipedalian — given to using long words.
  • set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
  • seven sleepers — seven Christian youths from Ephesus who were walled up in a cave by the Emperor Decius in 250 ad and, according to legend, slept for 187 years
  • shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
  • shoo-fly plant — apple of Peru.
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