14-letter words containing a, r, y, t, e, n
- occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
- of a certainty — without a doubt; certainly
- old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
- on easy street — well-to-do; in easy circumstances
- one-way street — If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
- oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- overanalytical — too analytical
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- para-synthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
- paternity test — an assessment of possible paternity based on a comparison of the genetic markers of the offspring and those of the putative father.
- peanut allergy — a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
- peanut gallery — Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater.
- penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
- penalty killer — a player used when the player's team is short-handed as a result of a penalty, especially a player skilled at defense and employed regularly in such situations.
- penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
- phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- presentability — that may be presented.
- primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
- principal type — The most general type of an expression. For example, the following are all valid types for the lambda abstraction (\ x . x): Int -> Int Bool -> Bool (a->b) -> (a->b) but any valid type will be an instance of the principal type: a -> a. An instance is derived by substituting the same type expression for all occurences of some type variable. The principal type of an expression can be computed from those of its subexpressions by Robinson's unification algorithm.
- protoplanetary — of or relating to protoplanets
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.