14-letter words containing p, o, l, k
- peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
- pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
- pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
- penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
- pickled onions — onions which have been preserved in vinegar or brine
- placido's disk — a device marked with concentric black rings, used to detect corneal irregularities.
- play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
- poikiloblastic — (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.
- 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.
- poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
- potamoplankton — plankton living in freshwater streams.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- practical joke — a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
- prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
- protocol stack — (protocol) A layered set of protocols which work together to provide a set of network functions. Each intermediate protocol layer uses the layer below it to provide a service to the layer above. The OSI seven layer model is an attempt to provide a standard framework within which to describe protocol stacks.
- 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
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
- st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- 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.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- telephone book — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
- telescope peak — a mountain in SE California: highest peak in the Panamint Range, above Death Valley. 11,049 feet (3368 meters).
- vibropac block — a precast concrete building block
- walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
- work placement — temporary job, internship