14-letter words containing l, e, n, i, s, t
- paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
- parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- passenger list — register of all travellers on board
- patheticalness — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- pedanticalness — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
- peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- 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.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrol station — A petrol station is a garage by the side of the road where petrol is sold and put into vehicles.
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- pink elephants — a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
- pipeline stall — pipeline break
- planning stage — the stage of a project when it is still being planned
- planta genista — a representation of a sprig of broom: used as a badge of the Plantagenets.
- plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- poetic license — license or liberty taken by a poet, prose writer, or other artist in deviating from rule, conventional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce a desired effect.
- point pleasant — a borough in E New Jersey.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- police station — police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- 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.
- position angle — the direction in which one object lies relative to another on the celestial sphere, measured in degrees from north in an easterly direction
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- 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.
- pretensionless — without pretension
- price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- 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.
- 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.
- proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- quasiessential — Almost essential.