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14-letter words containing s, t, p

  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • 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.
  • fidget spinner — a small toy comprising two or three prongs arranged around a central bearing, designed to be spun by the fingers as means of improving concentration or relieving stress
  • 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.
  • fifth position — a position similar to the first position, but with one foot in front, the heel and toe of the front foot adjacent to the toe and heel of the back foot.
  • file separator — (character)   (FS) ASCII character 28.
  • filiopietistic — of or relating to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
  • fire apparatus — equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.
  • first position — a position of the feet in which the heels are back to back and the toes point out to the sides.
  • first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
  • first-aid post — the place at an event where people can go for medical treatment if they become ill or are injured
  • fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
  • 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
  • flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
  • flashing point — flash point (def 1).
  • flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
  • foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
  • football pools — If you do the football pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches.
  • 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.
  • g-strophanthin — ouabain.
  • galactic poles — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • galactopoiesis — increasing the secretion of milk.
  • gallinas point — a cape in NE Colombia: the northernmost point of South America
  • galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • galveston plan — commission plan.
  • gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
  • graphic artist — sb who draws, paints, prints, etc.
  • grass parakeet — any of several Australian parakeets, especially the budgerigar.
  • great pyrenees — one of a breed of large dogs having a heavy, white coat, raised originally in the Pyrenees for herding sheep and as a watchdog.
  • 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
  • gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
  • haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
  • haematopoiesis — Alternative spelling of hematopoiesis.
  • hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
  • haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
  • happenstantial — Being or relating to happenstance.
  • harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
  • headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
  • health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
  • heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
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