14-letter words containing p, e, r, l, c, o
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
- report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
- rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
- roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
- sclerophyllous — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- self-composure — calmness and self-possession
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
- social process — the means by which culture and social organization change or are preserved.
- soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
- solvay process — a process for manufacturing sodium carbonate whereby a concentrated solution of sodium chloride is saturated with ammonia, carbon dioxide is passed through it, and the product is calcined.
- space platform — space station.
- special forces — crack military team
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unreproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
- well-protected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- xerophytically — As a xerophyte.