14-letter words containing p, r, o, l, n
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- drop-down list — pull-down list
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
- export licence — a document issued by a government granting permission to a company to export certain goods or services
- expressionless — (of a person's face or voice) not conveying any emotion; unemotional.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
- foot patrolman — a policeman assigned to patrol a particular area on foot
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- 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.
- funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
- george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- graph coloring — graph colouring
- grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
- grappling iron — a grapnel.
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- homotransplant — allograft.
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hydroxyproline — a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.
- hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.