14-letter words containing c, o, n, e, t
- overanalytical — too analytical
- overcentralize — to centralize excessively
- overcommitment — to commit more than is feasible, desirable, or necessary.
- overcommitting — Present participle of overcommit.
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- overcorrection — correction beyond what is needed or customary, especially when leading to error; overadjustment: The pilot made an overcorrection for headwinds.
- overdecoration — excessive decoration
- overexcitement — The condition of being excessively excited.
- overextraction — excessive extraction
- overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
- overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
- overprotection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
- paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- panic reaction — a widespread and excessive response of panic
- parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
- 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).
- parent process — (operating system) The Unix process that created one or more other processes. Every process except process 0 is created when another process executes the fork system call. The process that invoked fork is the parent process, and the newly created process is the child process. Every process has one parent process, but can have many child processes. The kernel identifies each process by its process identifier (PID). Process 0 is a special process that is created when the system boots; after forking a child process (process 1), process 0 becomes the swapper process. Process 1, known as init, is the ancestor of every other process in the system and enjoys a special relationship with them.
- peace movement — a movement seeking to end wars and reduce nuclear weapons
- penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
- pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
- pentanoic acid — colourless liquid carboxylic acid
- pentecostarion — a service book of offices for the period from Easter to the Sunday after Pentecost.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- peritoneoscopy — an endoscopy examining the peritoneal cavity
- perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- permanent echo — a radar signal reflected to a radar station on the ground by a building or other fixed object.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- phonoreception — the physiological perception of sound.
- phosphorescent — exhibiting phosphorescence.
- photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- photoreception — the physiological perception of light.
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
- photosynthetic — the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.
- phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
- piano concerto — a musical piece composed for the piano accompanied by an orchestra
- picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
- pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
- pimento cheese — a processed cheese made from Neufchâtel, cream cheese, Cheddar, or other cheese, flavored with chopped pimientos.
- pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
- pithecanthrope — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
- planetological — involving or relating to planetology