14-letter words containing c, r, i, p, e, n
- 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.
- postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
- potentiometric — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- pre-anticipate — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
- pre-copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- pre-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- pre-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
- 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.
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
- precipitinogen — Immunology. an antigen that stimulates precipitin production or that reacts with antibody in an immunoprecipitation reaction.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- precociousness — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- precompression — the act of compressing.
- preconceptions — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- preconditioned — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
- predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
- predictiveness — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- preincarnation — a previous incarnation or an existence before incarnation.
- premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- press clipping — clipping (def 2).
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pretransaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- prettification — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
- primenet, inc. — Arizona's Internet provider.
- prince consort — a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- 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.
- principalities — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- private income — econ: from outside employment
- pro-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
- 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.
- procaine amide — a white, crystalline compound, C 1 3 H 2 1 ON 3 , used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.