14-letter words containing p, o, s, t, d
- stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
- streptodornase — a deoxyribonuclease, obtained from hemolytic streptococci, used in medicine for decomposing blood clots and fibrinous and purulent matter.
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- tempest-tossed — buffeted about, as by adversities.
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- up-to-dateness — (of persons, buildings, etc.) keeping up with the times, as in outlook, information, ideas, appearance, or style.
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- uti possidetis — the principle that vests in either of the belligerents at the end of a war all territory actually occupied and controlled by them.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- 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.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- well-supported — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.