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14-letter words containing l, i, t, a, p

  • paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
  • parametrically — in terms of a parameter
  • parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
  • parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
  • parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
  • parquet circle — parterre (def 1).
  • parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
  • partial vacuum — an enclosed space from which part of the air or another gas has been removed.
  • partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
  • participialize — to form (a word) into a participle; make participial.
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • particularized — individualized
  • particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
  • partition line — a plain or figured edge between two adjacent areas of an escutcheon, between an ordinary and the field of an escutcheon, or between two adjacent ordinaries.
  • party official — an official of a political party
  • party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
  • passenger list — register of all travellers on board
  • pasteurellosis — hemorrhagic septicemia.
  • patheticalness — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
  • pathologically — of or relating to pathology.
  • patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
  • patrialisation — the process of patrialising
  • patrialization — the process of patrializing
  • patriarchalism — a philosophy, form, or system of patriarchal government.
  • pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
  • peacock's tail — a handsome brown seaweed, Padina pavonia (though coloured yellow-olive, red, and green) whose fan-shaped fronds have concentric bands of iridescent hairs
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • perimeter wall — a wall that serves as a boundary around something
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • 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 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.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
  • 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
  • petty official — a minor official in government, etc
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