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

  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • memory mapping — a technique whereby computer peripherals may be addressed as though they formed part of the main memory of the computer
  • metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
  • metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • micropyrometer — an optical pyrometer used to measure the temperature of small glowing bodies.
  • microsporocyte — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
  • 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.
  • mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
  • morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
  • neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
  • neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
  • none-so-pretty — sweet william catchfly.
  • nonexplanatory — not explanatory
  • nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
  • nonproprietary — (especially of computer hardware or software) conforming to standards that are in the public domain or are widely licensed, and so not restricted to one manufacturer.
  • nonsupervisory — not supervisory
  • northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
  • nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
  • nurserypersons — Plural form of nurseryperson.
  • obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  • occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
  • ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
  • oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • orthopterology — the study of the Orthoptera
  • osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
  • overemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
  • paleogeography — the science of representing the earth's geographic features belonging to any part of the geologic past.
  • paleontography — the formal description of fossils
  • pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
  • paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
  • 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.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
  • penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
  • penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
  • people's party — a political party (1891–1904), advocating expansion of currency, state control of railroads, the placing of restrictions upon ownership of land, etc.; Populist party.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • performability — the quality of being performable
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