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14-letter words containing a, c, t, u, r

  • parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
  • pasteur effect — the inhibiting of fermentation by oxygen.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • perfect square — a rational number that is equal to the square of another rational number.
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
  • picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
  • piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
  • pleasure craft — A pleasure craft is the same as a pleasure boat.
  • pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
  • port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
  • portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
  • postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
  • potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
  • practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
  • pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • pre-calculated — to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
  • premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
  • propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
  • punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
  • purse snatcher — wallet thief
  • put a crimp in — to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
  • put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
  • quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
  • quadruplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate.
  • quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
  • quality circle — a group of workers performing similar duties who meet periodically to discuss work-related problems, offer suggestions for improved production or product quality, etc.
  • quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
  • quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
  • quartz crystal — a thin plate or rod cut in certain directions from a piece of piezoelectric quartz and accurately ground so that it vibrates at a particular frequency
  • quasi contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
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