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14-letter words containing s, p, i, e, r

  • unsplinterable — unable to be splintered
  • upper sideband — the frequency band above the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
  • vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
  • vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
  • vice president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
  • vice-president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
  • ville-de-paris — a department in N France. 41 sq. mi. (106 sq. km). Capital: Paris.
  • voice response — output of information from a computer system in the form of speech rather than displayed text
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
  • water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • well-dispersed — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
  • well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
  • western empire — the western portion of the Roman Empire after its division, a.d. 395, which became extinct a.d. 476.
  • whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
  • whippersnapper — an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, especially a young one.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • white sapphire — a colorless variety of corundum, used as a gemstone.
  • whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
  • wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
  • window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
  • winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
  • winter springs — a town in central Florida.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • working papers — documents permitting employment
  • worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
  • writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.
  • xiphihumeralis — a long pectoral muscle found only in felines
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