14-letter words containing a, s, o, p, t, c
- percutaneously — through the skin
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- phosphate rock — phosphorite.
- photocatalysis — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
- photorealistic — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
- pitch invasion — If there is a pitch invasion during or after a football, rugby, or cricket match, fans run on to the pitch.
- pitch-and-toss — a game in which players toss coins at a mark, the person whose coin hits closest to the mark tossing all the coins in the air and winning all those that come down heads up.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- plastic police — a collective term for several classes of public officer (including community support officers) authorized to perform certain tasks and duties in support of the police force, but having lesser powers than the police
- plasticization — Plasticization is the process of changing the structure of a polymer to make it easier to bend.
- platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
- platonic solid — one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron.
- platycephalous — flat-headed
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- poikiloblastic — (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- police station — police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
- pontifications — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
- post-cartesian — of or relating to Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, especially with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.
- post-classical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
- post-conciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- post-victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
- postal service — organized handling and delivery of mail
- postcapitalist — denoting a period or society no longer based on capitalism
- postcollegiate — denoting something that takes place after college or among those that are no longer at college
- postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
- postganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- postmastectomy — of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
- potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- pretransaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
- private sector — the area of the nation's economy under private rather than governmental control.
- pro-capitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- proactiveness' — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- processability — capable of being processed.