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14-letter words containing s, e, o, d, p

  • quasi-periodic — almost periodic
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • radiotherapist — radiologist
  • reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
  • repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
  • reserved power — a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.
  • residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
  • roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
  • safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
  • saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
  • second opinion — view of another expert
  • self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-exploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • self-possessed — having or showing control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composed; poised.
  • self-professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-propelled — propelled by itself.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • short-tempered — having a quick, hasty temper; irascible.
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
  • shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
  • silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
  • simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
  • simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
  • sock suspender — garter (def 1).
  • sound pressure — Also called excess sound pressure, instantaneous sound pressure. the difference between the pressure at a point in a medium through which a sound wave is passing and the static pressure of the medium at that point.
  • south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • spadefoot toad — any of several nocturnal toads of the family Pelobatidae, common in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by a horny, spadelike projection on each hind foot for burrowing under the soil.
  • speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
  • spending money — money for small personal expenses.
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
  • spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
  • sponge pudding — a light steamed or baked pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or fruit
  • spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
  • spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
  • spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
  • streptodornase — a deoxyribonuclease, obtained from hemolytic streptococci, used in medicine for decomposing blood clots and fibrinous and purulent matter.
  • striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
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