14-letter words containing e, y, r
- partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
- partridgeberry — a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
- paternity test — an assessment of possible paternity based on a comparison of the genetic markers of the offspring and those of the putative father.
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
- peanut allergy — a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
- peanut gallery — Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater.
- pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
- penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
- penalty killer — a player used when the player's team is short-handed as a result of a penalty, especially a player skilled at defense and employed regularly in such situations.
- penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
- penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- people's party — a political party (1891–1904), advocating expansion of currency, state control of railroads, the placing of restrictions upon ownership of land, etc.; Populist party.
- 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.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
- periodontology — periodontics.
- 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.
- permissibility — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- 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.
- phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
- 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.
- photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
- 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.
- phytogeography — the science dealing with the geographical relationships of plants.
- 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.
- pizza delivery — a service provided by some pizza restaurants whereby pizzas are delivered to customers who have placed orders by telephone
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
- play it by ear — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.