14-letter words containing o, d, p, r, i
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pseudoscorpion — any of several small arachnids of the order Chelonethida that resemble a tailless scorpion and that feed chiefly on small insects.
- pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
- put into words — express in language
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- quadrantanopia — (medicine) The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view.
- quasi-periodic — almost periodic
- radio operator — a person who operates or controls a radio transmitter
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radioautograph — autoradiograph.
- radiographical — the production of radiographs.
- radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- radiotherapist — radiologist
- reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
- record-keeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- spending power — income available for spending
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- 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
- thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.