14-letter words containing l, o, p, a, e
- port charlotte — a town in SW Florida.
- port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
- 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
- postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
- postal service — organized handling and delivery of mail
- postcollegiate — denoting something that takes place after college or among those that are no longer at college
- posterolateral — situated both laterally and at the posterior
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- postmenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
- potential well — a localized region in a field of force in which the potential has a deep minimum
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- practical joke — a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
- prairie clover — any plant belonging to the genus Petalostemon, of the legume family, common in western North America, having pinnately compound leaves and spikes of white, purple, or pink flowers.
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- prairie school — a group of early 20th-century architects of the Chicago area who designed houses and other buildings with emphasized horizontal lines responding to the flatness of the Midwestern prairie; the best-known member was Frank Lloyd Wright.
- pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
- pre-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- pre-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- pre-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- preapplication — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- precious coral — red coral.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
- precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preoperational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- preoperatively — in a preoperative context
- preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- presentational — of or relating to presentation.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- primary phloem — phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- 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.
- probable error — a quantity formerly used as a measure of variability: equal to 0.6745 times the standard deviation. A normally distributed population has half of its elements within one probable error of the mean.
- 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.
- project leader — leader of a task or programme
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- proletarianize — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.