14-letter words containing i, m, p, r, a, t
- pre-intimation — to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- predeterminate — determined beforehand; predetermined.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- presentimental — expressing a presentiment
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- pretermination — of the period before termination (esp of employment)
- 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 growth — growth in vascular plants, especially an increase in length, that results from cell division and differentiation of an apical meristem.
- 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 stress — primary accent.
- primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
- primatological — relating to primatology
- prime vertical — the great circle passing through the observer's zenith and meeting the horizon due east and west
- printed matter — any of various kinds of printed material that qualifies for a special postal rate.
- printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
- printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- pripet marshes — the largest swamp in Europe, occupying S Belarus and N Ukraine
- private income — econ: from outside employment
- private member — (sometimes lowercase) British. a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- put a crimp in — to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
- 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.
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
- reimplantation — the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.
- report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- retirement pay — a pension; the pay a retired person gets
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
- sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
- sparring match — a practice boxing match
- spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.