14-letter words containing o, p, e, r
- 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
- 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
- exposure meter — photography: light meter
- exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
- 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.
- extracorporeal — Situated or occurring outside the body.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- extraprostatic — (anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate.
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
- 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
- feather pillow — soft headrest stuffed with feathers
- ferry operator — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
- fertile period — the time during a woman's menstrual cycle at which she is most likely to become pregnant, or the equivalent time for an animal
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- file separator — (character) (FS) ASCII character 28.
- film projector — an optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall
- fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
- fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat
- fireproof door — a door that is designed to prevent fire from spreading
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- floor polisher — an electrical appliance used for polishing floors
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- food processor — an electric appliance with interchangeable blades within a closed container into which food is inserted for slicing, shredding, mincing, chopping, puréeing, or otherwise processing at high speeds.
- fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
- 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.
- force the pace — to adopt a high speed or rate of procedure
- 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
- frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
- 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.
- full professor — professor (def 1).
- 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
- funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.