14-letter words containing e, p, a, y

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.
preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
preoperatively — in a preoperative context
preparatory to — as a preparation to; before
preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
presentability — that may be presented.
presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
primal therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to relive traumatic events, often screaming or crying, in order to achieve catharsis and a breakdown of psychological defenses.
primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
primary letter — a lowercase character having neither a descender nor an ascender, as a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z.
primary phloem — phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
primary stress — primary accent.
primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
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.
private equity — equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly
private treaty — a property sale based on terms resulting from a conference between buyer and seller.
processability — capable of being processed.
professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
progressionary — relating to progression
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.
protoplanetary — of or relating to protoplanets
providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
psephoanalysis — the statistical and sociological analysis of election trends and results
pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
psychoanalyses — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
pterylographic — relating to pterylography
public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
pyjama cricket — one-day cricket, in which the players wear colourful clothing rather than the traditional whites used in longer forms of the game
pyramid letter — chain letter.
pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange

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