14-letter words containing p, l, a, s
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- earned surplus — retained earnings.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- east palo alto — a town in W central California, on the S shore of San Francisco Bay.
- eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- elephant shrew — any small active African mammal of the family Macroscelididae and order Macroscelidea, having an elongated nose, large ears, and long hind legs
- elephant's-ear — any aroid plant of the genus Colocasia, of tropical Asia and Polynesia, having very large heart-shaped leaves: grown for ornament and for their edible tubers
- emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- epithelisation — Alternative form of epithelization.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- expansion slot — (hardware) A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. The connector supplies power to the card and connects it to the data bus, address bus and control signals of the motherboard.
- 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
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- eye specialist — ophthalmologist
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
- false positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
- 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
- false-positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- 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.
- field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
- field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
- file separator — (character) (FS) ASCII character 28.
- 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.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).