14-letter words containing s, p, o, t, e, d
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
- encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
- encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- endopeptidases — Plural form of endopeptidase.
- endophenotypes — Plural form of endophenotype.
- epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- great red spot — a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years.
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- keep sb posted — update regularly
- lepidopterists — Plural form of lepidopterist.
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
- non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- opposite field — the opposite part of the outfield in relation to the batter, as left field for a right-handed batter.
- orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
- osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- photoperiodism — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
- pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
- piston-engined — powered by a piston engine
- plaza de toros — a bullring.
- point d'esprit — a bobbinet or tulle with oval or square dots woven in an irregular pattern.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
- polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
- porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
- post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.