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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  • spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed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
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