14-letter words containing a, i, r, e, m
- pharmacopoeian — an individual who has expert knowledge of a pharmacopoeia
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
- plasmapheresis — a type of apheresis in which blood cells are returned to the bloodstream of the donor and the plasma is used, as for tranfusion.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
- pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
- poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
- poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
- point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
- polar maritime — a type of cold, wet air mass originating at high latitudes over ocean areas
- polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- postmastership — the office or position of a postmaster
- prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- pre-intimation — to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- predeterminate — determined beforehand; predetermined.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
- premillenarian — a believer in premillennialism.
- preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
- presentimental — expressing a presentiment
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- pretermination — of the period before termination (esp of employment)
- primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
- primal therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to relive traumatic events, often screaming or crying, in order to achieve catharsis and a breakdown of psychological defenses.
- primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
- primary letter — a lowercase character having neither a descender nor an ascender, as a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z.
- primary phloem — phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- primary stress — primary accent.
- primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
- prime meridian — the meridian running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned.
- prime vertical — the great circle passing through the observer's zenith and meeting the horizon due east and west
- printed matter — any of various kinds of printed material that qualifies for a special postal rate.
- printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
- printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- pripet marshes — the largest swamp in Europe, occupying S Belarus and N Ukraine
- private income — econ: from outside employment
- private member — (sometimes lowercase) British. a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.
- procaine amide — a white, crystalline compound, C 1 3 H 2 1 ON 3 , used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.