14-letter words containing s, p, o, t, e
- exposure meter — photography: light meter
- expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- extraprostatic — (anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate.
- false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
- false positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
- false-positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
- fetal position — a bodily posture resembling that of the fetus in the uterus, in which the body is curled with head and limbs drawn in, sometimes assumed in states of fear or emotional withdrawal.
- 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.
- file separator — (character) (FS) ASCII character 28.
- filiopietistic — of or relating to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
- foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
- for one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- galactic poles — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
- galactopoiesis — increasing the secretion of milk.
- galveston plan — commission plan.
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- 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.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
- haematopoiesis — Alternative spelling of hematopoiesis.
- hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
- heteromorphism — The quality or condition of existing in various forms.
- heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
- heterostrophic — (of a shell) twisting or turning in a different direction
- hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- hyperextension — the extension of a part of the body beyond normal limits.
- hyperkeratosis — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.