14-letter words containing p, i, d, o
- spending money — money for small personal expenses.
- spending power — income available for spending
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
- sponge pudding — a light steamed or baked pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or fruit
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
- third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- tontine period — the stipulated period during which a tontine life assurance system is in operation
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
- un-apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unincorporated — not chartered as a corporation; lacking the powers and immunities of a corporate enterprise: an unincorporated business.
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unproductivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- unproportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- unprovided for — without income or means
- unreciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- unreproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- up to high doh — extremely excited or keyed up
- uti possidetis — the principle that vests in either of the belligerents at the end of a war all territory actually occupied and controlled by them.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- 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
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
- well-appointed — attractively equipped, arranged, or furnished, especially for comfort or convenience: a well-appointed room.