14-letter words containing c, o, p, e, r, y
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
- occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
- one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- 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).
- payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
- penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
- percutaneously — through the skin
- peritoneoscopy — an endoscopy examining the peritoneal cavity
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
- petrophysicist — a person who studies, or is an expert in, petrophysics
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- photochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
- picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- 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.
- polycarpellary — consisting of two or more carpels.
- 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.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
- preconcertedly — in a preconcerted or preplanned manner
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- processability — capable of being processed.
- prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protocol layer — (networking) The software and/or hardware environment of two or more communications devices or computers in which a particular network protocol operates. A network connection may be thought of as a set of more or less independent protocols, each in a different layer or level. The lowest layer governs direct host-to-host communication between the hardware at different hosts; the highest consists of user application programs. Each layer uses the layer beneath it and provides a service for the layer above. Each networking component hardware or software on one host uses protocols appropriate to its layer to communicate with the corresponding component (its "peer") on another host. Such layered protocols are sometimes known as peer-to-peer protocols. The advantages of layered protocols is that the methods of passing information from one layer to another are specified clearly as part of the protocol suite, and changes within a protocol layer are prevented from affecting the other layers. This greatly simplifies the task of designing and maintaining communication systems. Examples of layered protocols are TCP/IP's five layer protocol stack and the OSI seven layer model.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.