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14-letter words containing p, r, o, n, e

  • keep a rein on — to check, control, or restrain
  • kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • lance corporal — U.S. Marine Corps. an enlisted person ranking between private first class and corporal.
  • lantern pinion — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
  • lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
  • lepidodendroid — resembling or relating to plants of the extinct genus Lepidodendron, which were prolific during the Carboniferous period
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • lip microphone — a microphone designed and shaped to be held close to the mouth, for use in noisy environments
  • liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
  • locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
  • locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
  • lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
  • lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
  • magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
  • mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
  • map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
  • megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
  • membranophones — Plural form of membranophone.
  • memory mapping — a technique whereby computer peripherals may be addressed as though they formed part of the main memory of the computer
  • mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
  • metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • microcomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a minicomponent and much smaller than a standard-size component.
  • minor prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets
  • misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
  • misimprovement — a flaw or shortcoming arising from an attempt to make better
  • misperceptions — Plural form of misperception.
  • misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
  • missing person — sb who has disappeared
  • modern persian — the Persian language since the Middle Persian stage.
  • modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
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