14-letter words containing p, r, o, f
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- purposefulness — having a purpose.
- recessionproof — not susceptible to an economic recession: a recessionproof economy; He wants a long-term contract to make his job recessionproof.
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- rip-off artist — a person who steals, cheats or swindles
- rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
- route flapping — flapping router
- runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-composure — calmness and self-possession
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-operative — automatic.
- self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- self-professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- self-propelled — propelled by itself.
- self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- 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.
- space platform — space station.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- special forces — crack military team
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
- staff corporal — a noncommissioned rank in the British Army above that of staff sergeant and below that of warrant officer
- stephen foster — Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- stereospecific — (of a reaction) producing a simple stereoisomer.
- 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.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- sulfuryl group — the bivalent group, SO 2 , derived from sulfuric acid.
- sulphur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- unprovided for — without income or means
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.