14-letter words containing i, r, e, l, a, n
- permanent link — (web) A URL that always points to the same piece of web content. Web pages that appear for a limited time at their main URL, such as web logs or news sites, often display an alternative, permanent link. Readers can quote, bookmark, or link to this URL in order to refer to a particular item, rather than the page displaying the latest item. For example, the URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/ points to the latest news from the BBC whereas http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/2614839.stm is a permanent link to a particular news story.
- persian blinds — persiennes
- persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
- persian walnut — English walnut.
- personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- perturbational — relating to perturbation
- petrol station — A petrol station is a garage by the side of the road where petrol is sold and put into vehicles.
- petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- 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.
- philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
- pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
- pipeline break — (architecture) (Or "pipeline stall") The delay caused on a processor using pipelines when a transfer of control is taken. Normally when a control-transfer instruction (a branch, conditional branch, call or trap) is taken, any following instructions which have been loaded into the processor's pipeline must be discarded or "flushed" and new instructions loaded from the branch destination. This introduces a delay before the processor can resume execution. "Delayed control-transfer" is a technique used to reduce this effect.
- plantain-eater — any of various touracos, erroneously believed to feed chiefly on plantains and bananas.
- point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
- polar distance — codeclination.
- polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
- polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- pre-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- 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.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- premillenarian — a believer in premillennialism.
- preoperational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- presentability — that may be presented.
- presentational — of or relating to presentation.
- presentimental — expressing a presentiment
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
- 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.
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- proletarianize — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.