15-letter words containing a, n, t, e, l
- polynomial-time — (complexity) (P) The set or property of problems which can be solved by a known polynomial-time algorithm.
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
- post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- post-millennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- practical nurse — a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
- pre-contractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- preconceptional — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
- preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
- preimplantation — relating to the period before implantation in the uterus
- prelate nullius — a prelate having independent jurisdiction over a district not under a diocesan bishop.
- prepresidential — describing the period before a person's rise to presidency
- presynaptically — in a presynaptic manner
- preternaturally — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
- price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- processionalist — a member of a procession
- professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- proletarization — to proletarianize.
- proportionately — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- pseudo-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
- pull a fast one — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pure land sects — Mahayana Buddhist sects venerating the Buddha as the compassionate saviour
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- qualitativeness — The state or quality of being qualitative.
- quarantine flag — a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship.
- quarter blanket — a horse blanket, usually placed under a saddle or harness and extending to the horse's tail.
- quarterfinalist — a participant in a quarterfinal contest.
- quasi-technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
- questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show