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14-letter words containing p, o, t, e, r, y

  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
  • start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
  • statutory rape — sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states. See also rape1 (def 1).
  • supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
  • superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
  • support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
  • the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • the top thirty — the thirty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
  • the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
  • ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
  • uncontemporary — outmoded
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
  • wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
  • xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
  • zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
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