15-letter words containing o, p, e, r
- fire water pond — A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
- first responder — a person who is certified to provide medical care in emergencies before more highly trained medical personnel arrive on the scene: a firefighter trained as a first responder.
- fissiparousness — The quality of being fissiparous.
- flapping router — (networking) A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
- flock wallpaper — a type of wallpaper with a raised pattern
- floral envelope — the calyx and corolla of a flower.
- flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
- flowering plant — a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.
- fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
- food processing — transforming raw materials into food
- fool's paradise — a state of enjoyment based on false beliefs or hopes; a state of illusory happiness.
- football player — sportsperson: plays football
- for pity's sake — You can say for pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
- for the present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- for their pains — You say that something was all you got for your pains when you are mentioning the disappointing result of situation into which you put a lot of work or effort.
- force de frappe — a military strike force, esp the independent nuclear strike force of France
- fore-topgallant — being a sail, yard, or rigging belonging to a fore-topgallant mast.
- forensic expert — an expert in applying scientific, technical or medical knowledge to the purposes of law
- former prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, Joshua, Judges, I-II Samuel, and I-II Kings
- four-poster bed — bed: post at each corner
- fourteen points — a statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson on January 8, 1918.
- fourteen-points — a statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson on January 8, 1918.
- fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
- franz joseph ii — 1906–1989, prince of Liechtenstein 1938–89.
- frederic chopin — Frédéric François [fred-uh-rik fran-swah,, fred-rik;; French frey-dey-reek frahn-swa] /ˈfrɛd ə rɪk frænˈswɑ,, ˈfrɛd rɪk;; French freɪ deɪˈrik frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.
- free atmosphere — the part of the atmosphere that lies above the frictional influence of the earth's surface.
- free soil party — a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
- frigidoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by cold.
- from top to toe — You can use from top to toe to emphasize that the whole of someone's body is covered or dressed in a particular thing or type of clothing.
- front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
- funeral parlour — A funeral parlour is a place where a funeral director works and where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation.
- furniture depot — a shop that sells the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
- gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
- general-purpose — useful in many ways; not limited in use or function: a good general-purpose dictionary.
- geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
- geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- get the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- gnome computers — (company) A small UK hardware and software company. They make transputer boards for the Acorn Archimedes among other things. E-mail: Chris Stenton <[email protected]>.
- gold prospector — a person who searches for the natural occurrence of gold
- golden eardrops — a Californian plant, Dicentra chrysantha, of the fumitory family, having bluish-green foliage and branched clusters of yellow flowers.
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- good and proper — thoroughly
- gopher tortoise — any North American burrowing tortoise of the genus Gopherus, especially G. polyphemus, of the southeastern U.S.: several species are now reduced in number.