14-letter words containing po
- small potatoes — a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability.
- sociopolitical — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and political factors: the sociopolitical environment in Japan.
- solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
- spending power — income available for spending
- spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
- sponge pudding — a light steamed or baked pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or fruit
- sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
- sporangiospore — a spore that is produced within a sporangium.
- sporotrichosis — a widespread infectious disease marked by nodules or ulcers of the skin, chiefly affecting humans and domestic mammals and caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- staff corporal — a noncommissioned rank in the British Army above that of staff sergeant and below that of warrant officer
- starting point — place where sth begins
- stella polaris — Polaris.
- sticking point — a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.
- stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supportiveness — giving support.
- supposititious — fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- tape transport — transport (def 12).
- tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
- telegraph pole — A telegraph pole is a tall wooden pole with telephone wires attached to it, connecting several different buildings to the telephone system.
- telephone pole — a utility pole for supporting telephone wires.
- temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
- terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
- the omnipotent — an epithet for God
- the opposition — a political party or group opposed to the ruling party or government
- the pole vault — a field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
- think positive — be optimistic
- third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations