14-letter words containing l, a, s, e, r, p
- pre-capitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- precious coral — red coral.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
- preestablished — to establish beforehand.
- preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- 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.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- 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.
- private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
- probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- processability — capable of being processed.
- 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.
- propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
- prosencephalon — the forebrain.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- 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.
- 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-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- reserve player — a member of a sports team who plays in place of another player if they are injured, etc
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- respiritualize — to spiritualize again; reinvest with a spiritual character or meaning
- reversal plate — a plate developed by the reversal process.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
- samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
- san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.