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14-letter words containing c, i, l, o, p

  • police officer — any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
  • police station — police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
  • police village — a village lacking corporate status as a municipality, its affairs being administered by an elected board of trustees.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • policy science — a branch of the social sciences concerned with the formulation and implementation of policy in bureaucracies, etc
  • policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
  • polite society — sophisticated company
  • politicization — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
  • 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.
  • polycarboxylic — of or like a polycarboxylate
  • polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • polyphonically — consisting of many voices or sounds.
  • polyphosphoric — as in polyphosphoric acid, any oxyacid of pentavalent phosphorus
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
  • port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
  • port nicholson — the first British settlement in New Zealand, established on Wellington Harbour in 1840: grew into Wellington
  • port st. lucie — a town in E Florida.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • postganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • power politics — political action characterized by the exercise or pursuit of power as a means of coercion.
  • practical joke — a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
  • prairie clover — any plant belonging to the genus Petalostemon, of the legume family, common in western North America, having pinnately compound leaves and spikes of white, purple, or pink flowers.
  • prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
  • prairie school — a group of early 20th-century architects of the Chicago area who designed houses and other buildings with emphasized horizontal lines responding to the flatness of the Midwestern prairie; the best-known member was Frank Lloyd Wright.
  • prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
  • pre-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
  • pre-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
  • preapplication — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
  • precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • precious coral — red coral.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
  • pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
  • 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 school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
  • primatological — relating to primatology
  • princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
  • 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.
  • pro-capitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
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