14-letter words containing i, s, u, e, a, p
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
- prairie crocus — a spring flower of the buttercup family
- prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precious coral — red coral.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- presuppurative — noting or pertaining to the stage of inflammation before the formation of pus.
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudaesthesia — imaginary sensation, like that of an amputated limb
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-classic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
- quasi-periodic — almost periodic
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
- quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
- quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.