14-letter words containing p, r, o, f
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- fowl paralysis — Marek's disease.
- frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
- free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- freezing point — the temperature at which a liquid freezes: The freezing point of water is 32°F, 0°C.
- french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
- frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
- frontotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes.
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- full professor — professor (def 1).
- function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
- funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
- give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
- group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
- group of seven — G7.
- group of three — Japan, US, and Germany (formerly West Germany), regarded as the largest industrialized nations
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- house of peers — former name of the Japanese House of Councilors.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- intrafallopian — occurring within either of the Fallopian tubes
- loophole frame — a frame in the opening of a wall enclosing a window and some other opening.
- lord of appeal — one of several judges appointed to assist the House of Lords in hearing appeals
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
- nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
- not-for-profit — nonprofit.
- of set purpose — with a specific end in view
- offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
- on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- open to offers — If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
- openoffice.org — (project) (OOo) The group that produces a free (GPL) cross-platform office suite that provides much of the same functionality as Microsoft Office including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and graphics. Each program can read and write both its own and Microsoft formats.
- opinion former — Opinion formers are people who have a lot of influence over what the public thinks about things.
- out of spirits — sad; depressed
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- over-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
- parole officer — an official who supervises a prisoner who is on parole
- parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
- part of speech — any of the classes into which words in some languages, as Latin and English, have traditionally been divided on the basis of their meaning, form, or syntactic function, as, in English, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.