14-letter words containing p, o, k, e, a
- pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
- poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
- poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- practical joke — a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
- promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
- rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
- speaking voice — a person's normal voice in which they speak
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- telescope peak — a mountain in SE California: highest peak in the Panamint Range, above Death Valley. 11,049 feet (3368 meters).
- tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
- torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
- up to the mark — acceptably good
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- working papers — documents permitting employment