14-letter words containing p, o, l, e, s, t
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- split-pea soup — soup made from split peas
- spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
- sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
- spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- stella polaris — Polaris.
- stop the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to
- telephoto lens — a lens constructed so as to produce a relatively large image with a focal length shorter than that required by an ordinary lens producing an image of the same size: used to photograph small or distant objects.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- telescope peak — a mountain in SE California: highest peak in the Panamint Range, above Death Valley. 11,049 feet (3368 meters).
- telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- tripersonalist — someone who believes in the Trinity
- tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
- vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
- 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
- waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
- well-supported — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- xenotransplant — xenograft.