14-letter words containing o, p, e, n, s, t
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- endopeptidases — Plural form of endopeptidase.
- endophenotypes — Plural form of endophenotype.
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- epithelisation — Alternative form of epithelization.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- espírito santo — a state of E Brazil, on the Atlantic: swampy coastal plain with mountains in the west; heavily forested. Capital: Vitória. Pop: 3 201 722 (2002). Area: 45 597 sq km (17 601 sq miles)
- espíritu santo — an island in the SW Pacific: the largest and westernmost of the Vanuatu islands. Area: 4856 sq km (1875 sq miles)
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- expansion slot — (hardware) A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. The connector supplies power to the card and connects it to the data bus, address bus and control signals of the motherboard.
- expansionistic — Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
- 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
- explosion shot — a shot used in hitting a ball from a sand trap, in which the sand just behind the ball rather than the ball itself is struck with full force
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
- fetal position — a bodily posture resembling that of the fetus in the uterus, in which the body is curled with head and limbs drawn in, sometimes assumed in states of fear or emotional withdrawal.
- foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
- for one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- galveston plan — commission plan.
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- hyperextension — the extension of a part of the body beyond normal limits.
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hyperosteogeny — excessive bone development.
- hypersecretion — an excessive secretion.
- hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypnotherapist — A practitioner of hypnotherapy.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- impersonations — Plural form of impersonation.
- imposing stone — a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- impressionists — Plural form of impressionist.
- 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.
- in/out of step — If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.
- inappositeness — The state or quality of not being apposite.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incompetencies — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.