14-letter words containing r, e, p, l
- respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- respectfulness — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- respiritualize — to spiritualize again; reinvest with a spiritual character or meaning
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- restricted epl — (language) (REPL) The efficient subset of EPL used to write the core of Multics.
- retail therapy — Retail therapy is the activity of shopping for clothes and other things in order to make yourself feel happier.
- reversal plate — a plate developed by the reversal process.
- rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
- ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
- rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- route flapping — flapping router
- rufflette tape — a kind of heading tape for curtains
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
- samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
- scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
- scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
- sclerophyllous — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-appraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- 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.
- self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
- selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- semi-spherical — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond