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14-letter words containing p, y, e, l, o

  • 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
  • responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
  • sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
  • sclerophyllous — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • slippery slope — a dangerous and irreversible course: the slippery slope from narcotics to prison.
  • solvay process — a process for manufacturing sodium carbonate whereby a concentrated solution of sodium chloride is saturated with ammonia, carbon dioxide is passed through it, and the product is calcined.
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
  • sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
  • the unemployed — people who are out of work
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • to go belly-up — (of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
  • under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • unprosperously — in an unprosperous or unsuccessful manner
  • unresponsively — in an unresponsive manner
  • up one's alley — a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
  • wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
  • xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
  • xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
  • yellow emperor — the legendary first emperor of China.
  • yellow puccoon — a plant, Lithospermum incisum, of central and western North America, having numerous branches and fringed yellow flowers.
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