14-letter words containing a, m, p, y
- primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
- primary colour — Primary colours are basic colours that can be mixed together to produce other colours. They are usually considered to be red, yellow, blue, and sometimes green.
- primary growth — growth in vascular plants, especially an increase in length, that results from cell division and differentiation of an apical meristem.
- 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 mirror — the mirror that collects and focuses the incoming light in a reflecting telescope
- primary phloem — phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
- 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.
- proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
- psycho-somatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- psychosomatics — the study of psychosomatic conditions
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
- pyjama cricket — one-day cricket, in which the players wear colourful clothing rather than the traditional whites used in longer forms of the game
- pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- pyramid letter — chain letter.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- record company — business: sells recorded music
- retirement pay — a pension; the pay a retired person gets
- rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
- runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
- sanctuary lamp — a lamp, usually red, placed in a prominent position in the sanctuary of a church, that when lit indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- ship's company — company (def 11).
- simplistically — characterized by extreme simplism; oversimplified: a simplistic notion of good and bad.
- sleepaway camp — a camp providing facilities for teenagers to sleep away from home
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- supplementally — supplementary.
- supramaxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- symptomatology — the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.