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14-letter words containing r, l, e, s

  • orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
  • organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
  • orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • osteosclerosis — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
  • osteosclerotic — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
  • over-socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overallotments — Plural form of overallotment.
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overgenerously — in an overgenerous manner
  • overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • overscrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
  • overshot wheel — a water wheel in which the water enters the buckets tangentially near the top of the wheel.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
  • overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
  • overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • paddle steamer — a vessel propelled by paddle wheels and driven by steam.
  • palisades park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
  • paper-shuffler — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • paraphernalias — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
  • pararosaniline — a colourless crystalline alcohol, a component of the red dye fuchsin, also used as a biological stain
  • parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
  • pascal's wager — the argument put forth by Blaise Pascal that it is in one's best interest to believe in the existence of God, as it is a rational assumption and does no harm, and the possibility of eternal punishment in hell outweighs any advantage of believing otherwise.
  • paschal letter — (in the early Christian church) a letter, written by a patriarch, archbishop, or bishop to a cleric under his authority, announcing the date of the next Easter festival.
  • passenger cell — the inside of a vehicle, in which people sit
  • passenger list — register of all travellers on board
  • passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
  • passion killer — something that is sexually unattractive or inhibiting
  • pasteurellosis — hemorrhagic septicemia.
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • pectoral cross — a cross worn on the breast by various prelates, as a designation of office.
  • penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
  • penetrableness — the state of being penetrable; the capacity to be penetrated
  • peninsular war — the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the defeat of the French: part of the Napoleonic Wars
  • people's court — small-claims court.
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