14-letter words containing c, y, p, r, e
- microsporocyte — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- 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.
- parametrically — in terms of a parameter
- 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
- perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceptibility — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- 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
- petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
- 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.
- physical layer — (networking) Layer one, the lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The physical layer encompasses details such as electrical and mechanical connections to the network, transmission of binary data as changing voltage levels on wires or similar concepts on other connectors, and data rates. The physical layer is used by the data link layer. Example physical layer protocols are CSMA/CD, token ring and bus.
- 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
- pitch cylinder — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
- pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
- 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
- predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
- pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy