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14-letter words containing t, e, l, p, o, r

  • pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
  • radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
  • re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
  • re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
  • recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • reimplantation — the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.
  • rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
  • repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
  • repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
  • report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
  • rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
  • roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
  • roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • rummelgumption — commonsense
  • rummlegumption — common sense
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • 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.
  • silver protein — any of several colloidal silver solutions containing silver and a protein, as albumin: formerly used in treating inflammation of mucous membranes
  • simple protein — a protein that yields only amino acids and no other major products when hydrolyzed (contrasted with conjugated protein).
  • sleep together — have sex with one another
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
  • space platform — space station.
  • spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
  • speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
  • spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
  • spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
  • sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
  • spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
  • splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
  • spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
  • sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
  • spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
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