14-letter words containing o, p, e, n
- 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
- exponentiation — The operation of raising one quantity to the power of another.
- 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
- export manager — a person who is responsible for running the export department of a business organization
- expose oneself — to display one's sexual organs in public
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- expressionless — (of a person's face or voice) not conveying any emotion; unemotional.
- expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
- extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
- 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
- fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
- fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- 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.
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- flip one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
- footplatewoman — a female footplate worker
- 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.
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- freezing point — the temperature at which a liquid freezes: The freezing point of water is 32°F, 0°C.
- 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
- frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
- frontotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes.
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- 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
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- galveston plan — commission plan.
- garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
- generation gap — a lack of communication between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, brought about by differences of tastes, values, outlook, etc.
- gentoo penguin — a penguin, Pygoscelis papua, of small Antarctic islands.
- geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
- george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- giuseppe peano — (person, mathematics, logic) (1858-08-27 - 1932-04-20) An Italian mathematician who wrote over 200 books and papers, was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory and taught at the University of Turin. He contributed to mathematical analysis, logic, the teaching of calculus, differential equations, vector analysis and the axiomatization of mathematics. The standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named Peano arithmetic or the Peano axioms after him. He also invented the Peano curve, an early example of a fractal.
- go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.