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14-letter words containing l, a, t, e, n, y

  • nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • nontechnically — In a nontechnical manner.
  • north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
  • norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
  • novelistically — In a novelistic way.
  • numeral system — any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
  • oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • ostentatiously — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
  • osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
  • paleontography — the formal description of fossils
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
  • 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.
  • penalty clause — part of contract specifying a forfeit
  • penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
  • penalty double — business double.
  • 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.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • pentamethylene — cyclopentane.
  • pentyl acetate — a colourless combustible liquid used as a solvent for paints, in the extraction of penicillin, in photographic film, and as a flavouring. Formula: CH3COOC5H11
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenyl acetate — a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 O 2 , having a phenolic odor: used chiefly as a solvent.
  • phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
  • 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.
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
  • plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
  • preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
  • presentability — that may be presented.
  • 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.
  • protoplanetary — of or relating to protoplanets
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
  • quantitatively — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
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