14-letter words containing p, o, l, u, t
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- route flapping — flapping router
- routing policy — (networking) Rules implemented on a router or other network device to select routes from peers, customers, and upstream providers; select and modify routes you send to peers, customers and upstream providers and identify routes within your own Autonomous System.
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- scalar product — inner product (def 1).
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- sicstus prolog — A Prolog from the SICS (Swedish Inst of Comp Sci). E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: [email protected]
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- south st. paul — a city in SE Minnesota.
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
- 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-pea soup — soup made from split peas
- spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
- st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- 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
- sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
- 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.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supra-national — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- the pole vault — a field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- the unemployed — people who are out of work
- 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
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- to go belly-up — (of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts
- to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- 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.
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.